Prickles

Normally I post education related things, but that isn't the case with this post. I haven't posted anything in a very long time because I confess, my life is insane. So insane, that I don't even want to go into it. What I do want to talk about is how I'm coping with all of …

Graceful Chaos

"Are you ok?!" an outside teacher said when she saw the chaos of my classroom yesterday. I was kind of taken aback by the true concern in her voice.  "Yes, I'm fine," I responded with a smile. "Ok, it just looks a little crazy in here," was her cautious response. Truth be told, I had …

Race, Color, and Childhood

I'd rather send the message loud and clear that we must embrace our diversity like we embrace the many colors in a bouquet of mixed flowers. There is no right or wrong color for flowers. They are just different. All are beautiful, and we call them the color that they are.

Jedis, Death, and Life – Wisdom in a 5 year old

This morning I watched my son and two other boys play pretend Star Wars during free play. One of the boys threw himself down on the floor and lay still as he enacted his heroic Jedi death. The other boys must have thought it looked fun, because they promptly threw themselves down on top of …

On The Issue of Feminism

My feed is blown up with feminist and anti-feminist rhetoric, and I find that I can no longer sit in the middle of so much controversy without pointing out what everyone seems to be missing. We're all so busy arguing about whether gender equality is still an issue, but I don't think we're focusing on the …

Why I Write.

I write because words are alive to me. They give shape to the world and to life. They are strong and weak, soft and hard. Words are like dancing, but still. Like singing, but quiet. When I have nothing else open to me, I still have words. Even when I can't write, I can compose …

When your world is rocked

One of my favorite things about our home is that we have our own little beach at the end of the street. Marsh might be a better word for it. It used to be a mud flat, but the last few years a combination of mysteriously appearing sand and an increase of marsh grass has …

Oh, By The Way… Here’s my purpose!

I got started publishing last week, but as with all my journals, I feel like I need to set forth a purpose here. This is my first year out of college, and I'm in limbo. I can't afford to work out of the home (the subject of another blog post), and I'm still 8 weeks …

Nature Preschool

This is the excerpt for your very first post.