The Worst Years

I'm super stoked to tell you about the new thing I did during the week of January 29. My friend Amy, whom I have written about before, is a fellow middle school English teacher. Also like me, she encourages her students to push themselves and get out of their comfort zone. At her middle school...

On Writing

It's winter break, y'all. And I feel like taking some time off from everything. I still have essays left to grade, art projects and drama monologues to score, and plans to write for next week. But for the moment, I'm putting it all off for one more day. Here in Spokane we're forecasted for quite...

Paul

Friends, I have been avoiding telling you about a new thing I've been going through for quite some time now. In fact, when I sat down to write this post, I found a lot of reasons to avoid it just a little longer. I changed my clothes. Twice. I brushed my teeth. Fixed my hair....