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Oct. 6, 2024: Storytelling or Writing?
Storytelling and writing, while seemingly synonymous terms, are anything but. They can certainly coexist. But they can also live...
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Sep 293 min
Sept. 29, 2024: Resilience
Defined as the ability to withstand and recover quickly from difficulty, resilience has become a new buzzword in education. Yes,...
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Sep 223 min
Sept. 22, 2024: Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week starts today! This is a week designed to raise awareness of censorship and to celebrate the freedom to read. First...
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Sep 152 min
Sept. 15, 2024: The Self-Care Conundrum
Self-Care. A concept that has been around for generations, yet it seemed to have gotten a new label sometime during our pandemic years. ...
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Sep 82 min
Sep. 8, 2024: Change and Transition
“Change is what happens. Transition is what we do about it.” That phrase was recently share with my husband. His company has just...
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Sep 12 min
Sept. 1, 2024: Revising
I was recently working with a group of students on revising their writing. This seems to be the stage in the writing process that...
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Aug 252 min
Aug. 25, 2024: Everyone's Path is Different
“Everyone’s path is different.” That exact phrase was recently said to me in two very different settings. As the Lead Mentor at my...
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Aug 184 min
August 18, 2024: Creating Teacher Materials
Creating teacher materials to go with your books. That was a recent topic in an online writer’s group and differing perspectives soon...
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Aug 112 min
August 11, 2024: Being Banned
Banned books is certainly not a new topic. People have been banning books for as long as there have been books. When I teach the...
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Aug 42 min
Aug. 4, 2024: New Beginnings
Although August is still considered a summer month, here in Florida, (and many other southern states) the new school year gets underway...
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Jul 282 min
July 28, 2024: Unbiased Word Choice
A discussion I have had with my elementary school writing students, my college students, and in my adult writing groups…. Is there such a...
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Jul 213 min
July 21, 2024: Realist or Optimist?
Optimists are defined as people who are hopeful and confident about the future. Pessimists are defined as those who tend to believe the...
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Jul 143 min
July 14, 2024: Documents and Artifacts
I am about at the mid-point in the Summer Semester and the Social Studies Class I am teaching at the University. We are deep into the...
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Jul 72 min
July 7, 2024: Rejections and Fan Mail
Life is a series of ups and downs. We can’t truly appreciate the joy without the sorrow. Failure means you are trying. There are so many...
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Jun 302 min
June 30, 2024: Rules of Physical Therapy (and Writing)
This has been a very unusual summer for me. As I recover from my second knee-replacement surgery in 6 months, I am very limited in what I...
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Jun 232 min
June 23, 2024: Confession- I Do Not Care for Graphic Novels
As a teacher, much of my summer reading list is filled with children’s literature. At this point I am working my way through the new...
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Jun 161 min
June 16, 2024: Happy Father's Day
I have reached the age where my friends who are without their parents greatly outnumber my friends who still have one or both of their...
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Jun 92 min
June 9, 2024: My Dormant Summer
The term dormant, in scientific terms, means the conserving of resources by going into a seep-like, or inactive state. Dormant can also...
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Jun 21 min
June 2, 2024: Medical Miracles
They happen every day. So often, in fact, that we often miss them. Medical progress, procedures, medications, and interventions that...
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May 262 min
May 26, 2024: Thank You Teachers!
Year 30 as a classroom teacher is now in the books. Last week was our last week of this school year. As you can imagine, it was a...
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