To say it's a rainy day is a gross understatement. This is the closest to understanding my parents' description of Calcutta's monsoon season that I've ever gotten. Roads are flooded, and my phone's weather severe weather app keeps beeping with flash flood alerts. The wind is a … [Read more...] about Raleigh Monsoon – 5:00 Fridays
Dirt and Noise
Second Grade Rocks
There are magical things happening in classrooms. Education reformers and teacher witch hunters would have you believe otherwise. Those are people who have never stepped into a classroom, never held the hand of a kindergartener during a tornado drill, never high-fived a … [Read more...] about Second Grade Rocks
The Wagon Part II – Wordless Wednesday
A List of Our Summer Adventures
Summer break is upon us. I look forward to this with visions of hammock lying and puddle jumping. I play scenes in my head of running through bucolic fields and giggling in mounds of dirt. We actually do not have a hammock. Whenever there are puddles there’s lightning. I hate … [Read more...] about A List of Our Summer Adventures
Sorbet Margarita – 5:00 Fridays TM
The weather folks are promising a hot weekend. I'll embrace it because spring was more like winter around here, and I am allergic to winter. I've been eying a bright orange eyelet dress that hangs in my closet with the tags still attached. The sun hasn't struck hot enough for me … [Read more...] about Sorbet Margarita – 5:00 Fridays TM
Complimentary
I cannot take a compliment. It's not like this is a character flaw that nags at me as I duck compliments at every turn. I do not walk in time to a cadence of kind words. But there are indeed times that a stranger or a friend has kind words for me. In fact, my husband would … [Read more...] about Complimentary
