Dear Students,
Stop being pains in your parents behinds.
E-joo-kay-shun (and other phonetics)
(featured photo from STL.com) The title of this piece refers to how I spelled the word education on a 2nd grade spelling pre-test. By the end of the week I had learned the correct, dictionary spelling, and I have never forgotten it. Even today when I spell the word for something, I say the letters to…
Rainy Day, Rainy Musings
There’s been too much rain lately, too many days of wet. Wet roads, wet trees. Slick roads. Slick words from many corners of the news and social media. And too many out there lapping up those slicks.
Your Aunties are Out Here and Miss You
To My Sisters, Nieces, Cousins – Your Auntie is out here. And you can visit anytime. There’s pick up from the airport, train or bus station. There’s a warm bed and good food here. And I can take you to see ANY of the sights you want to see. Just name it. I can take…
Becoming an Adult, and other Landmines
Its hard to grow up these days. There’s so much to navigate. And so many landmines that can blow up and derail any and all possibles. Puberty alone can bring tons of issues – body issues, eating issues stemming from body issues, hormonal twists that bring on pain of all sorts for young women, changes…
Schools for the Future
(Image via the Boston Globe) Schools. They are important pieces of our society. They function as ways for our youth to learn and grow, to live and find out what they are capable of. But schools also have bad reputations, especially public schools. Too crowded, too inflexible, too stuck to the past. So what can…
Collusion: Definition
Definition of collusion: secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose: acting in collusion with the enemy Donald J. Trump: Collusion is not a crime, but that doesn’t matter because there was No Collusion (except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats)! Um…yeah…right. The president is deflecting again. And again, the public is calling…
Toxic: [ENTER] at your Own Risk
I’m not the first to notice, nor will I be the last. The culture that is out there on the internet ranges from helpful and comforting to extreme toxicity. So much so that people have committed suicide, stopped talking to long-time friends, stopped going to local community gatherings, etc. We’ve created this Thing out there,…
Look Up from Your Immediate
I’ve got food on my plate, my bills are paid, I have a permanent home. What else is there? LOOK UP AND OUTWARD I’m lucky in that I can look up, but that wasn’t always true. I spent most of my adult life worrying about paying my bills, keeping a roof over my head and…
Pollworking, Election Day 2017
I got off my ass and voted. But that’s not all. I became a poll worker for the first time yesterday. I was able to assist voters, and be a part of the process. It was a long day. I got up at 4:15 am and was at the polling site I was assigned to…
