Judy Lindquist

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...

Although August is still considered a summer month, here in Florida, (and many other southern states) the new school year gets underway...

A discussion I have had with my elementary school writing students, my college students, and in my adult writing groups…. Is there such a...

Optimists are defined as people who are hopeful and confident about the future. Pessimists are defined as those who tend to believe the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The term dormant, in scientific terms, means the conserving of resources by going into a seep-like, or inactive state. Dormant can also...

They happen every day.  So often, in fact, that we often miss them. Medical progress, procedures, medications, and interventions that...

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...

“Mrs. Lindquist, I need some feedback…” One of my 5th graders plopped her laptop down on my desk and began to show me the slides she was...

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 put in...

I recently watched a TedTalk by Amy Sweezey, a former television meteorologist here in Central Florida. I have known Amy for 30 years. ...

I attended a Writer’s Conference earlier this month.  Like all conferences, it was invigorating to be gathered together with other...

Flow, in psychological terms, is meant to show the state of being “in the zone”.  The term is used by artists, athletes, and other high...

“Do you always keep a journal?” A simple question that came up in a conversation with a gentleman I had recently met.  We were at a...

Inky Hours. I first read this term in the book Wintering by Katherine May.  She uses it to refer to the darkest hours right before dawn....

Easter is one of the few holidays in which the date we celebrate changes from year to year.  It may be early, like this year and fall...