The Life of a Conflicted Teacher

One thing that I love about the Olympics, the inspiration that it brings to others! I've seen tweet after tweet about "I want to...." or "Wow, that Olympian has inspired me to.....".  How cool is this, the power that those... Continue Reading →

It's time. Oh how those words hold power in our language.  When said together, they can bring utter joy, soulful heart ache, or a multitude of other emotions. To a teacher, those to words, spoken in early August mean one thing: It's... Continue Reading →

That's one dangerous word in my title: someday.   As July rolled through, I heard that word in my mind a lot: "I'll get to that someday", "someday I should get that picked up", "we should go off and visit... Continue Reading →

How many blogs do you see people writing about puppy dogs, rainbows, unicorns, and all of them and Tinkerbell live with a positive attitude? Bah!  Finally, the chance to be a curmudgeon has offered itself up, and I'm grabbing on with both... Continue Reading →

A while back, I wrote about a friend of mine from Missouri who was killed in 2010 (http://wp.me/p1Mpsc-e).  Well, her Facebook page remains active with those who will wish her well on various special days, and last week happened to... Continue Reading →

Today, all ready at 7:45 in the morning, has been a truly awful day.   Let me back up to March of last year, when this little snow white calf showed up at our little farmette. We've been gradually working... Continue Reading →

Last weekend, we were off to Iowa City to visit with family of my wife, a group we've not seen in probably five years.  As we are getting ready to head down, I've got a couple of different blog ideas... Continue Reading →

Tough question right off the bat! As I started this blog, now close to a year ago, there's been this evolution of the "why" of this blog. First, as I dove up to my elbows in Twitter, I saw everyone... Continue Reading →