Month: June 2018
An Attempt at Micro Fiction
Last week, just days before a submission deadline, I saw an advertisement for flash fiction stories. Since I had never written such a brief story before, I tried it. What follows is my revised attempt. There were two major flaws with my submission. One was that I missed the deadline. After I wrote the piece…
A Tit for Tat System of Gardening
The month of May was consuming. This year, I had a new school garden to manage. It is very large, much larger than the school garden I was previously in charge of caring for. It’s been a struggle to get it planted and weeded. Before planting with each of the 400+ students that attend this…
A Fun Trip Memory
“Who are you again?” My three-year old asked my sister-in-law while sitting on her lap on a ferry at Walt Disney World ushering them from the Animal Kingdom to Epcot Center in the early evening. It was a mild October night and they were off to meet my husband and oldest child who were already…
Why is a Book Better than a Blog?
Recently, we had family here for one of our son’s high school graduation ceremonies. It’s been a busy few weeks as we elected to have his party last weekend, the week following our family visit and the actual ceremony. So, this week has been the first chance there has been some time to slow down…
Poetry Friday: My Gardens
What follows is a free verse poem about my gardens – gardens at home and at school. Although it is not my first poem, it is my first submission to Poetry Friday. I hope enjoy the vision of these special places that I tried to share with you today. My Gardens My gardens…
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Domes, Arches or Half- Circles
Here are my submissions for this the Cee’s Photo Challenge: Dome, Arches, or Half Circle of this week. Enjoy! Each photo is captioned near the bottom if you hover over the photograph with your mouse.
Does New Educational Lingo Impede Progress?
Every few years, new educational buzzwords seem to surface. I remember first noticing this when we were in the third year of running a district wide Parent Support Group for families with Talented and Gifted students. In the third year of our existence, 2013, a new instructional services person was hired. She was not new…
With a Little Help From My Friends…
You know this old Beatles tune, right? “I get by with a little help from my friends….” In 1967, it was part of the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Over the last week, and particularly yesterday, the song came to mind as I readied for my middle son’s high school graduation party. …
The Daily Post: Word Press Photo Challenge, All Time Favorites!
I learned this week that The Daily Post by WordPress will no longer be offered prompts – which I rarely used, or Photo Challenges, in which I did participate regularly. As their last challenge, they have asked for participants to photo their all time favorite photos. I hope you enjoy mine. It will be hard…