Recently, on a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, my husband and I visited the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. It was high on our (my) list of places to visit while staying in this history-filled Southwestern American city. So, on the first morning, after a long trip the day before, we planned to visit the museum…
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, you might remember that I led a third-grade writer’s circle for six years. Weekly, during those six years, I’d return to the elementary school where my boys attended and work with six students, two from each third-grade classroom, on creative writing. Over those years, we…
Okay, so in my haste to do two photo challenges today in an effort to make my 1,000 view goal for the month of February, I misread the challenge directions! Apparently, it is a smartphone challenge where the photo has to be taken with a smartphone AND you can only post one photo. So, since…
Jansen’s Photo Challenge of the week is yard. He tells us and is correct, that there are many ways in which to take this challenge. I stuck with some very traditional interpretations of the word. Still, when I saw what the challenge was, I knew I wanted to participate!
Earlier this week, I was just getting ready to write the organization, Monarch Joint Venture, when my box of handouts arrived. If you have ever wondered what 500 bookmarks look like, check out the photo below! Spring is approaching fast and April, especially, will be busy with three different school-wide presentations. As I am a…
The sun is out and I am itching to get my hands dirty. One of the advantages of having a garden club for students for over 15 years is that during the winter, I was still playing with worms, planting bulbs, and planning for spring. Missing an Activity This is the first winter since 2004…
There are several things that I really like about the month of February and they do not have anything at all to do with Valentine’s Day! First, it is a short month. Even with leap year this year, it is still much shorter than January. This means fewer days of anticipated cold, snow, and general…
With interest, I just read this article about how placing limits on photographs could deter over-tourism. Since I have an avid interest in photography and love to travel, it made me think about this potential barrier. And, you know what?! I would be all for it! My reasons are based on my own experience. Very…
Earlier this week I saw a post on writing micro-fiction. Since I tend to be verbose, this interested me. My eldest son, now 25 and in graduate school, took a microfiction course in his senior year of college. Their charge was to write a story in 500 words or less. He told me it was…
Every so often I like to participate in photography the challenges offered by other bloggers on WordPress. Today, I found an interesting one on Travels and Trifles through a blog I follow by P.A. Moed. One of the reasons I was particularly interested in this theme is that it opens itself to wide interpretation. I…