Dare to Compare the Best —Blog Exchange March

In the last fourteen months, I have felt that I was lucky in a lot of things. I felt lucky that my son, the Little Man, lasted 32 weeks in my womb, emerging on January 1st, 2007, and that he didn’t come out sooner since my water had broken nearly two weeks earlier. I felt [...]

Repeating Pain

When J. and I first became friends, one of the first things I noticed about him was that he was very physically closed off. I’m the kind of person who freely gives hugs as a greeting, so to meet someone so isolated was strange, not least of all because I couldn’t hug him. It was [...]

The Black Veil

I wrote this post for this month’s Blog Exchange and had the honor of being voted Best of the Blog Exchange. I wrote it in the spirit of dark, Halloween, Edgar Allen Poe’s creepiness as in the “Black Cat.” Check out the other participants at the Blog Exchange HERE. The Black Veil It was autumn. [...]

Reflections of Orange and Black

***Welcome to my October Blog Exchange partner, Fishy Girl It was great to be your Blog Exchange partner this month.*** Orange and black were my high school colors. They are also the colors of fall, with red, yellow, and brown. And of Halloween. Once, when I was a junior in high school, the guy I [...]

Dear Mr. President,

Thank you for your commitment to “No Child Left Behind,” which has come at tremendous cost and minimal benefit, at best. I especially appreciate how the imagination and discretion of those that spend their time, money, and resources are stifled. You, obviously are trained in education philosophy, and know so much about the plight of [...]

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