On one of our last teacher workdays before the start of the year, my mentor Laura and I decided to walk to McDonald’s for lunch. At that time, I knew […]

I was standing in line at customer service yesterday in our HyVee grocery store, an overstuffed bag of dry cleaning in my hand. The line was lengthier than I’d expected […]

I woke up this morning before anyone else in the house, as usual, but unlike usual, I felt almost sad. The frenzied elation and zealotry that defined the Christmas mornings […]

Today, I am not going to dwell upon my fantasy football team getting beat late in the fourth courter of last night’s game. I’m not. And by not doing that, […]

PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS POST! In inviting your comments, I’m not attempting to be ironic, though I would understand entirely if it comes off that way. Rather, I’m genuinely reconsidering […]

“We need to cancel for tonight. Zooey can’t even keep her eyes open all the way and is coughing a ton.” This text message, accompanied by the photograph above, arrived […]

In two of my classes yesterday, students during a Socratic seminar brought brought up their understanding of Karma. They were thinking back on his violence toward his wives and children, […]

It’s fun to dream.  Today, for example, I spent time scheming about the new non-profit I want to found that will help get people to the polls on election day […]

I walked in the door from my last meeting of the night in time to eat dinner with the family. Sonja made a casserole using entirely leftovers, which was both […]

I was situated on a barstool at Corkscrew in Blackstone, grading a stack of essays, when Sonja called.  The news isn’t something I can share in our blog, but there […]