We catch water. Our tap water is fine, but water barrels and water containers that catch rainfall feels like we are doing something positive when we water our plants with stored and saved rainwater. Today I glanced in one of the barrels and low and behold, two eyes were staring back at me. Lots of tiny swimmers were also in the water, so he had plenty to eat. After some…

One of the funniest things that sometimes happens when people realize you can write is there are those people who want to tell you what you should write about. Usually it has to do with something they are interested in, generally not even fiction related. They are willing to tell you all about it to fill in the gaps. On the other hand there is another reaction. Since many people…

So many people lament the lost time in classrooms that kids have suffered through because of the pandemic and they focus on all the things kids have not learned and things that kids have not done. As a retired educator I’d like to change perspectives for a minute and think of this another way. Families in 2020 were given a unique gift of bonding time that is generally unavailable in…