At this point, we are a couple of days into social distancing and staying at home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Michigan schools,...

OMG! How did I end up on the Daily Beast ?! Okay, not really. My hair is longer. But those glasses are spot on. Seriously though, when...

view from my window this morning Ordinarily, if there's even a whiff of snow in the forecast, my boys and I have spoons nestled unde...

For the past couple of years, I have taken time at the beginning of the new year to reflect on the past and set some goals for the coming ye...

I'm bummed. The last couple of mornings I have rolled out of bed with a headache and sinus pressure, my second big cold of the winter se...

I've fallen off the blogging wagon.  This month I am participating in the Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life blogging challenge . Eac...

At the start of the new year, even though school was not yet back in session, my student editors and I kicked off our literary magazine. But...

It happens at nearly every conference I attend. "Oh, I recognize you! It's the glasses." The thick black cat's eyes ...

I don't even recall what the student said. It was an off-hand, joking comment about my weekend. And that's when I started to feel th...

It has been an incredible week so far. On Monday, environmental reporter from the Grand Rapids Press and MLive , Garret Ellison , joined ...

These are the days that are difficult to write about. These ending days. As the school year comes to a close, as seniors don their graduat...

Monday marks the beginning of Teacher Appreciation Week, May 4-8, 2015 .  I love the initiative started by the Center for Teaching Quality...

I have too many blog posts in me! So right off the bat, know that this post is almost more of a reminder to me of all the things that I want...

I attended elementary school in the early 80s. My school pictures are filled with a lot of vests and big feathered bangs. At one point or ...

Slice of Life Challenge , Day 23 A sudden burst of color shoots past my knees.  My three year old son, eager to head out for an afte...

Slice of Life Challenge , Day 14 I am that mom. Walking out the door with my two little boys in tow on our way to preschool this morn...