I'll Write my way out
It’s been two years to the day, the second Friday in March of 2020, that the world, my world, shut down. I sat with my principal in her...
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Remember to sit under your own fig tree
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All the world's a stage
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I like the way you WASC it--no diggity
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Taming the Wild Horse
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Why oh Why? AKA the 7 Year Itch of Teaching
As a teacher I am often asked, "Why did you go into teaching?" Most people answer altruistically with, "I want to change our future," or...
Mums the word on the drive to WonderLand.
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Mother May I
Out of all of the things I do in life I have realized that I was born to be a mother--not in the gender stereotypical have babies in a...
Feed the Belly, Feed the Soul
I am almost recovered (although I wish I wasn’t) from my time in the lush clutches of the Hawaiian state. This adventure back to the...
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