3 Reasons You Should and 3 Ways You Can
Modern teaching methods emphasize big ideas rather than basic skills. Weird diagonals are used to solve math problems. Assessment is an...
3 Ways to Conquer the Mid-Winter Blahs
Last week I promised a post about the mid-winter blahs. It's not unusual to feel depressed and out-of-sorts after the holidays. The...
Blast off!
The problem with writing a novel... OK, there are a lot of problems. Why do we torture ourselves? Writers and Navy Seals are the only...
What's Your Plan?
2017 is over, with all of its joy and sadness, fulfillment and disappointment, work and play. 2018 has begun, and all of its hope is...
Let's Get Together
I remember my second grade Social Studies curriculum. First grade was "My Home." Third grade was "My State." Second grade was in between:...
Wait For It
Oh the joy on Christmas morning! My seven-year-old niece squealed excitedly when she opened her doll. Her apathetic teenage brother may...
Sing a Song of Christmas
My favorite Christmas song is a particular rendition of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". The album is A Celtic Celebration. The players...
Hospitality
' Tis the season to attend parties, host parties, and stress before anyone sets foot in your home. Our culture views a good hostess as...
When Spouses Cheat
Betrayal. Anger. Distrust. Loneliness and self-loathing. These are only some of the feelings a spouse could feel after his or her spouse...
Jumping Frogs and Pudd'n Heads
We all have read either Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer in high school. Some of us might even say we suffered through them, although in my...
