Be Matt, be 15, be in my class at school. Call me at 7 p.m. to let me know that, just for tonight, The Office starts at 8 and is a Full Hour.
Read moreHe said, “I didn’t know how to write until this year.”
Read moreMy father-in-law is notorious for watching the Nature channel. I love this about him. If you wander into the den to find him sitting in his easy chair watching t.v., he’s doubtless got the Nature channel on, or some sort of documentary about wildlife of some sort. I find this infinitely admirable: a great way […]
Read moreYou can be certain that a post is upcoming re. my reading Joseph and His Brothers. I finished the book itself Some Time Ago, and wrote a post about it that I allowed to sit on this site for about eight hours, after which I pulled it because it was Not Good. I am in […]
Read moreI threw the bag away. The Entire Bag. Okay. It wasn’t an Entire Bag. It was about– almost– half full. And when you consider how much air is in those bags in the first place, I really hadn’t eaten all that many of them. Also they were going stale. Slowly. So I threw away the […]
Read moreBreakfast in bed including fresh strawberries with a single rose in a vase on the tray? Yes. Homemade card from Emma Grace? Yes. Handmade coasters featuring water-color flowers? Yes. Handmade magnetic photo frame featuring photo of Everett holding a baby chick from his egg-hatching days at school reminiscent of an old photo of Everett at […]
Read moreNo. Nothing. Not your lesson plan, not your attitude, not your ability to perceive the perceptions of your students. Not your curriculum, not your textbook, not the selection of literature you so carefully selected last June. Not your understanding of what exactly is happening at the back of the classroom when everyone should be listening […]
Read moreis staying up too late tonight. I think in the last week and a half, I haven’t been to bed before twelve. And as I am up (always) by 6:30, going to bed that late is Just Too Late. Tonight things will be different. Tonight I am not making a salt and flour map of […]
Read moreI’m taking a time-out here to give a hearty welcome to the phatted calf who has, it seems, entered the world of blogging. Which isn’t to say that he hasn’t been in this world for Some Time. I know he reads blogs; he has been known to read– and even comment on– this blog from […]
Read moreEverett was doing his homework, reading aloud to me. We had finished the most recent chapter book, and so I looked around for something new for him to read, something that wasn’t so long. I found a book of fairy tales, and Everett chose to read “Puss in Boots.” The story moved along nicely. He […]
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