Earlier this week, my friend Kevin shared this link on Facebook. In it, Tim Urban outlines all of the ways to consider our time left – in terms of years, weeks, days to go; books left to read, dumplings to consume, time to spend with our parents. It’s not hard to do the math and … Continue reading
Calling All Authors! Blog Tour
When I was a kid, I saw myself as a writer without question. I carried around a notebook writing down everything all the time. I would practice walking down the sidewalk at my grandmother’s house so that I might look sophisticated, grown-up, and no-nonsense like what I figured a reporter would look like on their … Continue reading
Inspired by Secret Coders, Remembering and Relearning Myself
“Listen. “I’m going to tell you a story — “– a story about me. “But I’m telling you so you’ll remember — “– remember about you.” —Secret Coders, Gene Luen Yang So begins the first book in the Secret Coders series – and truer words couldn’t have been spoken about both books for me. While the books center … Continue reading
Recharging
I threw this topic out on Sunday afternoon when I saw a message from Kevin asking what we were going to write about this week. “How do we use summer to refuel and recharge?” Seemed like an easy enough topic to consider. Except when I sat down to write, the first thing I thought of … Continue reading
Who Do I Trust?
Kevin English and I were able to catch up at nErDcampMI last week and we swore we’d get back to challenging each other to blog. I was happy to see an email from him within 24 hours with the following topic: Who do we trust more? People we work next to or teaching friends from … Continue reading
Celebrate: Closing Some Tabs
Summer is hurtling by at an alarming rate. My students have been out of school for two weeks already. Many of the upcoming seniors have already gotten their yearbook portraits taken. I’ve moved from one room to another (what an awesome way to ensure I’ve cleaned out every single little corner of stuff I have … Continue reading
Getting Organized
Some years I get to the finish line and I shove everything into boxes and drawers and my closet and head home. Some years I get this incredible urge to clean and organize and make sure I’m not doing all of that when I return in August when I should be fussing over other details. … Continue reading
How to Disappear Blog Tour & Review
How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler About the Book This electric cross-country thriller follows the game of cat and mouse between a girl on the run from a murder she witnessed—or committed?—and the boy who’s sent to kill her. Nicolette Holland is the girl everyone likes. Up for adventure. Loyal to a fault. And … Continue reading
My Favorite Poem
Kevin invited me to write about my favorite poem a little while ago, but I haven’t quite gotten my act together to write about it. Maybe it’s because I hadn’t quite decided which poem was going to be my favorite. It is National Poetry Month and this is a great excuse to spend a bit more … Continue reading
Goals: Modeling and Making Tech Work at Home
Jason and I went away for the weekend and used part of our Saturday relaxing and planning over coffee (me) and iced green tea (him) at Panera. He had his calendar out, looking at the list of things he wanted to get done this weekend – planning for a couple of trips, booking hotel rooms … Continue reading
Charting By the Stars 