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Normal Costume
So am am starting to get ready for an interview, they are looking for someone who can case managing a certain group of students. I am interested in learning more. The school is less than 20 miles from my house, so that will be nice. As far as I know, it will only be for…
Read MoreSpecial Olympics
I am a huge fan of ’Special O’ and all it represents. This weekend we were able to go to a basketball tournament, cheer on the athletes and add to their coufers. It was wildly exciting and we had a great time. I would encourage anyone to join one of these events and help out…
Read MoreBusy Saturday!
Despite the rain and warmer weather, it was above 32, for which we were glad, we needed to clean out the 4-6 inches of packed ice from in front of the garage. Why you ask, frowning in puzzlement? It was melting and flooding the garage. So I packed up our tools, my husband’s amazing scooter…
Read MoreDystopian and Utopian
In an imperfect world, humans struggle to do the right thing. Is that dystopian? If the world is twisted so it appears idyllic yet is rotted underneath, is that dystopian? A world filled with blood sucking vampires that prey on the innocent, no matter how kind they seem is dystopian. Yet reality is often dystopian…
Read MoreHoops
I made the decision to renew my teaching credentials in Illinois, and I could have made myself crazy trying to figure out what to do. Instead, we went over to the country office of education and I walked in and spoke to a group of people. After they got passed looking at my certificate that…
Read MoreJourney
I have been fortunate enough to take many journies in my life, adventures all of them, but one of my greatest was becoming a teacher. Contrary to popular belief it wasn’t the pay, the summers off, or the short hours that drove me to that particular profession. It was the hard core believe that by…
Read MoreHappy Valentines Day!
I hope everyone had a wonderful, fun filled Valentine’s Day. My husband and I celebrated, bringing a little joy to one another and a few other people as we spread around some flowers and candy. While lots of people use the day in a commercial effort to make others feel alone, bereft, left out or…
Read MoreAcclimating
Clearing snow has become a regular thing. The more we do it, the more accomplished we become. Shawn and I are developing patterns for clearing away the piles of fluffy white. We have also had a good time working together. In my most recent adventures of acclimating to a new house, in a new town,…
Read MoreHead Space
People talk about headspace as if it were magical and visited only rarely. Getting to the right place to write involves specific steps; clean the desk, the room, set up my tea, clean out the keyboard. Make the chair comfortable, and write. The world falls away and there I am, sunk in my imagination. Now…
Read MoreLibrary
As anyone who knows me can tell you, I collect my share of books, and everybody else’s ration as well. So when we talk about the library, we really mean a huge room full of books. Shawn and I are both collectors and we both reread and collect new books. Fon’t get me wrong, we…
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