*I wrote this for the “Reader’s Write” section of my favorite magazine, The Sun. The topic was, “The First Year.”   *************** My first year of teaching, I taught sixth grade: three two-hour blocks and then a twenty minute “homeroom” class at the end of the day. The homeroom was supposed to be your core… Read more »

There was a bunch of fuss on twitter about Steve Martin’s tribute to Carry Fisher: Sweet, isn’t it? Not everyone thought so: Steve Martin ended up taking the post down, because it was so controversial. Seriously? You can read the whole story here. I would just like to put it out there right now: When… Read more »

I was going to blog about how someone just ran over our sign in front of our house, but my daughter already did it beautifully here. I’ll just post the before and after photos. The before: The after: Just last week, someone came within four feet of hitting our actual house. It was our neighbor. And… Read more »

There’s a little house in Cross Plains where they decorate for Christmas by posing giant teddy bears all around their house, wearing Santa suits and singing carols- doing Christmassy things. Every kind of bear you could imagine is there. I don’t know where they keep them all, because it’s such a small house. Last year,… Read more »