Monthly Archives: March 2009
A Granite Outcropping or Fool’s Gold?
I love geology. Digging in the soil circle under an acacia tree in our front yard fostered my deep respect for dirt. Without regard for soap or lotion, those little hands, cupped into human scoops, moved mud and rocks into … Continue reading
A Manly Courtship
He inflates himself in front of his hens. Up and around his tail he fans and out he thrusts his feathers so fine. Don’t they see him? With such finery, an array of feathers that would make a milliner weep, … Continue reading
Maybe SpongeBob is Under That Water!
A five-year-old proved me wrong last month and in the process reminded me not to judge a sponge by his pants. Noah, my grandson, and I traveled to Target to buy a toy. A Leapster owner, he hoped for a … Continue reading
The Wind in My Pillows
The average tenure for a high school journalism advisor is three years. I lasted fifteen. Those were my dancing years. The role of a journalism advisor is akin to a dance in which the right to free speech leads, while … Continue reading
I Have Bliss in my Gut
When I was a little girl, I developed a talent for blowing a bubble inside a bubble of pink elastic Bazooka Bubble Gum. If I added an additional hard square of gum to the rich material already processing up and … Continue reading
Disorder in the Court
There I sat, all dressed up like a Goth with nowhere to go. The Senior Song was over. So was the school day. Kids came in after school to extol my talents as a rock star. My make-up artists sat … Continue reading
My Time Warp
At the end of every school year, certain faculty members, those of us with a need for attention, prepare a musical number that we dedicate and sing to the graduating class at the final assembly. It is tradition. 1995 was … Continue reading
Follow Me Through the Dry Landscape of Grammar
Those of us who teach grammar know how dry it is. And thus, some English teachers do not teach it, opting instead for group projects. I had no idea this was happening all around me in the N-Wing in 1992. … Continue reading
