There is much I could write about today for my slice of life post and the supportive writing community of two writing teachers blog. There is the personal angle, really foremost in my mind that today is my 30th wedding anniversary! It really is a milestone of two lives entwined with a shared past, content…
Being blessed with an acute sense of smell is both a blessing and a curse. The tiniest of scent in the air can be picked up by my olfactory system. Scents, like music, can also transport me in time back to my first love – a clean fresh smell of deodorant, or being in college,…
Have you ever done something you knew was going to irritate you, but did it anyway? I did that today. Today, I opened a folder of notes I took while meeting with a friend over coffee about a new grading policy at our high school. She knew I was a student advocate and wanted to…
Where have you travelled this summer? Have you taken your kids? Have you enriched them by exposing them to a landscape, culture, music, or food other than your own? Let me know in your comments. Travel has always been an important of exposing our boys to the diversity of our country and world. I know…
Sharing some thoughts on a mid-summer morning. Wicked weather in the mid-west, repeats itself often with severe thunderstorms living up to the warnings that precede the wrath of their horizontal rains. Flash flood warnings at 2:20 a.m. waking you from a restless sleep. Books being read. Books being finished. Books being started. Just read. Beginning…
Recently, I have become curious about my audience of blog readers. I have been bloging daily since March 1st and only have missed a handful of days. This is an awesome accomplishment, one which I am proud of making. My posts seem to yield a consistent and slowly growing contingent of regular readers. Some readers…
It sometimes amazes me how fast my mood can change. Although I have experienced quicker mood swings, I definitely feel different today than I did yesterday. I am always left trying to figure out what triggered it or why I might be more grouchy one day than another. Yesterday, I got up, did a few…
Lately, mowing has been the subject of many conversations in which I have taken part. This summer, for the first time in many years, I hopped on our tractor (60 inch deck, Blue New Holland) to help my husband mow our lawn. He is siding our house, so I decided to help with the grass….
