The Older I Get, the More I Value Attitudes over Choices

I’m a bit of a wordsmith. It’s a disease common to those of us who find great comfort and satisfaction in writing. I love vocabulary. I love words. To me, words are my paints, and paper is my canvas. I’ve learned over the years how to say things more diplomatically than most will take time to do.

Reborn on the 4th of July

It was July 4th, 2013, almost exactly 6 years ago. We were leasing a house in a subdivision in Rockwall because we needed shelter and there was nothing available in Forney. It had been a rough several years. Kevin’s bank had flat out failed and ceased to exist.

The Teachers’ Lounge

Today’s educators are facing challenges with students that are unprecedented. Student behavior seems to deteriorate each year with some of the worst offenders in grades K through 2. The cause of this decline can vary widely.

The Problem with Assumptions

The Teachers’ Lounge Overall, parents and teachers want to see students do well socially and academically. Teachers work hard to prepare effective lessons to present to students. Most parents strive to communicate the importance of academic success to their children.

Call the Photographer First

“Oh, hey girl, hey! How’s your summer goin? How’s your momma and them? Those grandkids of yours are growin like weeds, hun! Do you have any new pictures of them?” Welcome to the South, where you can listen to this conversation play out in every Walmart, little league field, and beauty shop in town.

Sign Here, Please

I’m veganish. All that really means is that I eat vegan at home, which is almost all of the time, since we don’t do much eating out. I do this for many reasons, but, since it’s not titillating reading material, I’ll only tell you a few.

An Idea for Summer Fun Stepz All Star Gym

The Teachers’ Lounge Parents often run into childcare or supervision problems when school is out for breaks. Many children do fine at home keeping themselves busy and out of trouble. Others want or need structured activities to keep them occupied throughout the break.

Reform the reform

The need for education reform is a consistent topic among communities, educators and policy makers. I happened across a video online that provided statistical information about the overall student performance in America’s public schools.

Rumplestiltskin’s Concerto No. 3 for Femur

The scene is outside of a remote village in Slovenia, in a cave. The time is somewhere between 60,000 & 30,000 years ago. The object we see before us appears to be the femur of a cave bear. This is no ordinary femur, however.