Happy New Year to all of you readers, subscribers, and people who have just wandered in here by accident! If you're having a hard time deciding on a resolution for the new year, you're not alone. Spend less time on your phone? Exercise more? Drink more water? Take up a new hobby? It all can … Continue reading 2025 Book Challenge
General
It’s Earth Day
Happy Earth Day, readers! This year's theme, according to the Earth Day website, is Planet vs. Plastics. "Live simply so that others may simply live." I had first heard that expression back in college. I'm pretty sure it was a women's study class. Those words changed the way I thought about our connection to the … Continue reading It’s Earth Day
It’s Leap Day!
🐸 Happy Leap Day, readers! 🗓️ Yes, it's that time again. There are so many interesting details and beliefs about today! Take a look at these: You can also find some more fun information here: https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-leap-day-february-29 Earlier this month, my students and I celebrated the 100th day of school and Valentine's Day, so I'm not … Continue reading It’s Leap Day!
Old School
I'm "old school." Does anyone even use that expression anymore? Recently my friends and I were talking about being from Generation X, and we decided we were glad to have been raised a certain way and in a certain era. Saturday morning cartoons and a bowl of cereal. Riding around the neighborhood on our bikes. … Continue reading Old School
Reincarnation
Well-before he passed away due to cancer much too early at the age of 40, I had many conversations with my older brother. We were four years apart, so 36 years of conversations--more or less. Yet in all of those conversations, the topic of reincarnation never came up. In retrospect, how I wish it had. … Continue reading Reincarnation
Pride and Prejudice, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves
Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice has been on my mind lately. Maybe it's because I was watching one of the Bridget Jones movies the other day. Austen's novel is said to have provided some of the inspiration for Helen Fielding's books and movies. Colin Firth is quite dapper as Mark Darcy, but that's a … Continue reading Pride and Prejudice, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves
Light
To finish up my short series of photography posts, this last set will showcase the different ways I've captured light or found something noteworthy about light in my work. The posts before this included Tiles, with Windows before that, and Stained Glass to start the whole thing. To get us started, here's a photo I … Continue reading Light
Tiles
Welcome back! We're continuing the short series of photography posts that I started a few weeks ago. If you missed them, we started off with stained glass and then moved on to windows. You can find them on the homepage or by scrolling down to the list of my recently published posts (found on the … Continue reading Tiles
Windows
Welcome back to my short series of posts showcasing some of my various photography. In my previous one, the focal point was stained glass. I hope you enjoyed those photos. For this post, I decided that I needed to share my photography of various cool or unique-looking windows with all of you. Makes sense, right? … Continue reading Windows
Stained Glass
While going through my photos the other day, there were a few themes that seemed to repeat. One of them was stained glass. Have you ever noticed how beautiful stained glass is? All the colorful bits of glass have been carefully and thoughtfully arranged into a work of art. It's probably my favorite form of … Continue reading Stained Glass
Moxie and Mishaps 