Chaulk It Up!

Tomorrow I begin my eighteenth year of teaching. As I reflect on other first days, I frequently go back to other first days of teaching: sta...

A week ago today, I was just finishing my first full day of Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute (CWTI). We had been on the James River a...

I am a reader. Since school let out towards the end of May, I have finished 29 books. I am a writer. I have written several poems, blog post...

People close to me know that I struggle with anxiety. Sometimes it is a daily obstacle. Right now, I am doing well, but I never know when a ...

Part of being in the Wyoming Writing Project is sharing writing with others. This was very hard for me, but I did it. Now, I am still trying...

Sittin' and Spittin.' That's what Dad calls it. What we are doing right now. Sittin' and spittin.' He learned it from hi...

I was totally going to cheat and just use a writing I did in Wheatland about a character in a diner. However, the whole point of doing this ...