One week isn’t long enough to show our appreciation to teachers, nor is a month or even a year. It takes a lifetime to summon up an appropriate amount of gratitude for those dedicated souls. The swells of thankfulness move in a steady pace long after a student leaves that classroom for the last time. [...]
Dear teacher, Some students are like sour cherry trees, scraggly on the surface and difficult to prune. They need their space as much as they need attention and can’t always appreciate a sunny day. Still, you treat them gently, water as needed and try each day to help them grow. You may wonder, as they [...]
We all do just about anything Molly asks us to do because she bakes us tasty things. So, when she asked us to help her recreate Edward Hopper's Nighthawks last night, we agreed. (It helped that she had just plied us with a really tasty Cinco de Mayo meal of pork carnitas.) Hopper's Nighthawks eloquently [...]
It is quite enough that my favorite high school teacher reads my blog. I get a little thrill when I see a “like” or a comment from Gladys Wisnefski because I know how smart she is. (And then I briefly panic and re-scan the post to check for errors, because I am also still the [...]