I recently retired from teaching high school. Though life is still hectic, I’ve had some moments to reflect. Here are my ramblings from the trenches of when I was teaching. Here are my lessons learned I teach high school. I am overwhelmed, exhausted, underpaid, and I have frizzy hair. One […]
Hanging on Every Word: how to hook a reader
Okay, so not every book is going to start with a line like “There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.” This, of course, is from Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. Some book openers have softer messages. Others are loud, funny, curious, heartwarming, even sad. Many […]
Epic Ice and Snow: While some stay inside, others EXPERIENCE
It’s cold. There’s ice outside, maybe even snow. Do you heat up a cup of cocoa and curl up on the couch? Sure, lots of times that sounds just great. But maybe not ALL the time … Meet the women who look for the “WIN” in winter. They are dog […]