Coming Soon’ish…

February 26, 2024.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Which of the following tracks would you like to hear (read) from my forthcoming album (blog/book) first?

New Year, New Me? Nope. Just New Obsessions.

January 1, 2024.Reading time 4 minutes.

Yesterday, I went through all the notes I took while on a writing retreat in Sienna, Italy–notes made during workshop sessions in a renovated Tuscan monastery whose property dated back to the Middle Ages. (Wait. Did I just write that? Did I really do that? How could I have been so lucky to not only […]

Anyone Out There?

September 25, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It’s been a few years since my blog has been active. Why? I stopped writing when Covid hit. How could I possibly have anything interesting anyone would want to read when we were all surrounded by the fear of death of a virus we knew nothing about? But now, I might be back. Depending. Can […]

This Post Is NOT about the Coronavirus; Pinky Nail Promise

March 11, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

I am not going to write about Covid-19, because I’m trying not to think about it. I am also not going to write about the March-school blahs, because I’m trying to avoid them. And I am certainly not going to write about “The Bachelor” and the stupid way the entire season went, complete with radio […]

Forget Frugal February: It’s a Frivolous First of the Year!

February 11, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

I don’t know what’s happened to me, but we’re only eleven days into February, and I can’t seem to stop making unnecessary purchases. My friend Jill made “no spend January” a thing and saved a bunch of money, and now my daughter Natalie is trying out a “frugal February.” In both cases, the idea is […]

Bodies of Work: My Take on Shakira and JLo’s Halftime Performance, Because Why Not?

February 4, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

“Raunchy.” “She was on a stripper’s pole for God’s sakes.” “Disgusting.” “Lopez and Shakira are vile.” Ladies, ladies, ladies—of Facebook posts my daughter sent me, Tweets I read online, or comments I overheard from teens in my classroom—were you watching the same halftime show that I was? I mean, seriously. Which of any of you […]

Long Time, No Blog

January 23, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Thanksgiving came and went. Sis and her family visited. I cooked. Lots of Mimi time. I love Mimi time. Christmas lights up, Christmas tree up, but no Christmas shopping. The one day I tried without Jackson, I bailed. Too many people around stress me out. Or maybe it’s noise. Maybe just me. For the few […]

JoJo Rabbit: A Must See. Promise.

November 24, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

“That’s just not right,” Jackson said after I showed him the trailer for Fox Searchlight Pictures new movie, JoJo Rabbit, which came out October 18, 2019. He was, of course, referring to the movie’s comic rendering of Nazi behavior and caricature of Adolf Hitler himself. And I admit, I was a little skeptical of such […]

Review: The Devil Next Door

November 24, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Recently, Jackson and I watched the Netflix Documentary Series (just out in October) about former Cleveland resident and alleged Ivan the Terrible, John Demjanjuk. Demjanjuk has been dead for more than seven years now, but his story certainly lingers on. As a teenager of the 80’s I can remember hearing his name on the nightly […]

Trading Places: Covering Other Teachers’ Classes Might Just Be True Professional Development

November 21, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This post has moved to https://www.weareteachers.com/covering-classes/ so look for it there!