Looking Forward
Over the course of the last year, I have lamented the lack of travel. I like to travel. Sometimes our trips are to exotic locations like Kauai or Bermuda or…
Category: life experience
Monday File Clean Out
I’ve been meaning to clean out my files. However, it’s one of those jobs that keep getting put off. I have 16 years of curriculum, lessons, and grad school materials…
National Poetry Month: Lovely Loon
Lovely Loon In the middle of the night in early April, I heard you arrive. The darkness shrouded an ability to see So I did not look for you, my…
Saturday Sparkle
We’ve never had a “normal” work week in our family. Years ago, thirty five to be exact, we were two young medical professionals. This meant shift work in all shapes…
Poetry Friday: The Sound of Silence
Silence surrounds, envelopes, scolds and warns you. It can calm, comfort, and cajole, too. Silence can make you a liar or a friend. It can say I love you or,…
Rainy Greens
What a difference one week makes! Today, we are finally getting some rain. It’s been a very dry spring so far in West Central Wisconsin. Fire risks are high so…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Forgetting What You did not Know
This is an odd title. What do I mean – forgetting what you did not know ? I’ve been working on a video presentation for first graders on phenology –…
