I'm not a positive person by nature. During the 2008 financial crash, I went down a pretty big rabbit hole with peak oil and monetary crashes and a host of other things. As I watch our country move over 28... Continue Reading →
This was a blog that was meant to be written on Sunday. #WTF I agree. June seems pretty seamless in just getting on and writing. Even with vacation, sitting down and writing didn't seem like work. July has been a... Continue Reading →
#ummmwhat Last year, I purchased a book from First Book titled, The Legends of Luke Skywalker, by Ken Liu. Total side note, if you've not all ready heard of First Book and are in the education field, have your own... Continue Reading →
"I got to say it was a good day." - Ice Cube Today was one of those days where things just felt right. We've struggled a little bit as of late, just with diet and motivation in getting exercise into... Continue Reading →
During our travels to the East Coast and back, I was struck by one surpisingly simple, but striking thing: 99% of the people who were in the service industry smiled. The smiled a lot! From the people we interacted with... Continue Reading →
This is a tough one to write because I have no answers. We traveled around Boston the last week, seeing the sights, reading the stories, and learning more about the Revolutionary War. As we were walking on the Battle Road... Continue Reading →
I started out with Day 1 documenting our trip to Boston. It proved to be a difficult to write and be present in what we were doing in Boston. My next few blogs will be about our trip, but this... Continue Reading →
NOTE: This was to be published for Two Writing Teacher's Slice of Life weekly writing on Tuesday. Go check out some awesome teacher writers who have posted amazing things! 🙂 Last March, when school was shut down, my wife and... Continue Reading →
So, now what? I've check out for the year. Grades are done. Room in clean(ish). So, now what? I tweeted out that I'm guardedly optimistic about next year, yet, there will be the residual idiocy that will be on education... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 