I'm making pies today. I love making pies. There's something calming about the whole process, and pies are, hands down, one of my favorite desserts. I can't…
Did you know that there's a difference between a geek and a nerd? I hadn't given the topic much thought, until L. brought it to my attention the other day. He…
Years ago a teacher-friend advised me to never teach material that I was in love with, or that I was personally invested in. You'll only be broken-hearted and…
I keep having to remind myself that next week is Thanksgiving. As usual, everything's come to a sort of bottleneck here, at the end of the semester. I'm behind…
We survived our first middle school parent-teacher conference. I was surprised by how different it was from the conferences we attended all throughout L.'s…