I remember when I was young watching one of my sisters and her best friend play with dolls at our …
Laying Down the Burden
I have sometimes felt like the ghost of Jacob Marley who dragged around the chains he had forged in …
The Story of My Life as a Beginning English Teacher
This particular event in my teaching career occured many years ago. I had been a high school music …
The Importance of the Arts
As budgets get tighter and school boards have to decide where to spend their money, one of the first …
Measuring Up
I sit here and read through the emails sent to me by friends. I read about how their lives are …
Being Thankful
I live in a smaller town so it’s not unusual for me to run into former students. Yesterday, while I …
Everyone can sing.
I cannot imagine my life without music in it. My father loved orchestral music and my mother was an …
Taking OurSelves Seriously
Women need to take themselves seriously. This is not to suggest that we should never laugh or …
The Liability of Labels
Recently, I had a discussion with a friend about her concerns for her oldest child. Her child is 9 …
Serendipity
Serendipity is the occurrence and/or development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. …
Hiding in Plain Sight
The Roles We Play I’ve been thinking about the roles we play lately. I grew up as Jean and …
The Lost Art of Penmanship
As I grew up, I was fascinated by the act of printing and cursive writing. Not the idea that we …
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