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August 7, 2022: New Book Reveal
This is the moment every writer works for! When they can send their newly published book out into the world! Although this is my fourth...
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- Jul 31
- 2 min
July 31, 2022: Physical Space
What will your physical space say about your values? That was a question that was posed to the new teachers during our induction sessions...
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- Jul 24
- 2 min
July 24, 2022: Mentoring Helps the Mentor Too
I just spent this last week as part of our county’s Great Beginnings Team of facilitators. This is a week in which the teachers who are...
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- Jul 17
- 3 min
July 17, 2022: Backward Facing Books
Apparently, there is a new trend in home decorating in which books are shelved facing backward, so their spines are inside and all you...
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- Jul 10
- 2 min
July 10, 2022: Competition?
I was recently chatting with my 9 year old granddaughter about how her swim team practices were going. Now that she was a few weeks into...
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- Jul 3
- 2 min
July 3, 2022: Small Acts
It has certainly been an eventful and stressful few weeks. With the challenges of covid still on the fringes of our everyday life, even...
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- Jun 26
- 2 min
June 26, 2022: Whose Voice is Missing?
Earlier this month I had the privilege of attending a week-long Teacher Institute on Early American History. It was intense, inspiring,...
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- Jun 20
- 2 min
June 20, 2022: Letters
I have been thinking a great deal about letters lately. Last week, I had the privilege of participating in a George Washington Summer...
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- Jun 13
- 2 min
June 12, 2022: Gardening and Writing
Whether you count summer as starting on the official day when the sun reaches its northernmost point (June 21st this year), or the...
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- Jun 5
- 2 min
June 5, 2022: Whose Story Is It?
I recently finished reading the book The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron, and while I thoroughly enjoyed the book, it was her...
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- May 29
- 1 min
May 29, 2022: And That's a Wrap!
Well, year #28 as an elementary school teacher is now in the books. I have spent this last week, packing up my classroom for the summer....
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- May 22
- 3 min
May 22, 2022: Journal Writing as a Tool
Journal Writing is a pretty broad category. It can be as open-ended as a diary-like book in which personal random thoughts and ideas are...
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- May 15
- 1 min
Thank you teachers!
The first week of May is our National Teacher Appreciation Week. It is a week when students and parents everywhere shower the teachers in...
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- May 8
- 2 min
May 8, 2022: Happy Mother's Day
I always believed that Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. A holiday was put in...
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- May 1
- 2 min
May 1, 2022: Writers' Conferences
Last week I had the privilege of being a presenter at a Writers’ Conference. Conferences have always been a staple for most industries...
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- Apr 24
- 3 min
April 24, 2022: School Author Visits
This week was another busy week for School Author Visits, as I had two days of visits, chatting with over 200 students total. This is...
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- Apr 17
- 1 min
April 17, 2022: Happy Easter
It is early as I post this, so my Easter celebration has not yet begun, but I know it will be wonderful! I will be hosting the extended...
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- Apr 10
- 3 min
April 10, 2022: New Teacher Advice
Last week I had the honor of speaking at the Honor Society Induction for Education majors, at the University where I teach. It was a joy...
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- Apr 3
- 2 min
April 3, 2022: The Space Between
“Between what happens to us and our response, is a space, and the key to our growth and happiness is how we use that space” Stephen R...
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- Mar 27
- 3 min
March 27, 2022: Late Blooming Writers
There is no doubt we live in a youth-centric culture. Being young is valued and aging is looked on as something to be kept at bay. ...
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