Today, we finished the next project for my mom’s place. As you may remember, last year we rebuilt her deck as the old one was falling apart beneath our feet.…

Well, I don’t think we are going to make it until November. I was gaining hope, until today. 70,000 new COVID-19 cases nationwide. We “only” had 50,000 daily cases a…

It was an exciting day! The Peach Truck was in town to deliver the first batch of peaches for the season. My time to pick up was 8:00, but I…

Dear Governor Holcomb, Speaker Huston, Majority Leader Messmer, and Secretary Lawson: I want to start by saying thank you for allowing anyone who had wanted to do so, to vote…

Although I am no longer in a school setting, I am still, and always will be, an educator at heart. My teacher, instructional aide, principal, and other school staff friends…

There is no true substitute for effective intentional instructional practices, whether they are delivered face-to-face or virtually. If instruction isn’t effective and intentional, it doesn’t matter how it is delivered.…

Social media is a good, and a bad, thing. It can suck me right down a rabbit hole in nothing flat. I check on friends, check on blog stats, check…

I know the 4th of July means many things to many people. Although our country has often not lived up to its ideals, it has continued to move forward, even…

Today I just want to say thank you! Thank you to those of you who read my posts on a regular basis. Thank you to those of you who choose…

This was something my mom would say to us growing up. It meant make a decision or stop whining about something. It also meant if you are going to do,…