image: https://www.pinterest.com/explore/the-velveteen-rabbit/?lp=true As Son #1 and Son #2 will tell you, I am a sap when it comes to children's books. I loved reading to those two little critters. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams was my favorite. At the beginning of this school year, one of my colleagues quoted the Rabbit, using the short …
Month: August 2017
Dear Ten-Year-Old Teresa
Am I the only one who thinks about this stuff-- Who am I? Why am I the way I am? How did I get to this place? What makes me different than everyone else? I have spent more than a little bit of my time trying to figure out the answers to those questions. I …
Happy New Year!
(Gonza Tacos y Tequila, Durham, NC- site of our faculty party) My new year doesn't begin in January. It begins in August. It has for all but the first five years of my life. For the last 38, I've been in charge, seated behind the "big desk" as a friend used to put it. Well, …
I miss Mayberry
Okay, if you are a Rascal Flatts fan then you know I stole borrowed the title of one of their songs. I don't think they will get upset when they read today's blogpost. I think they will be honored. I have been in a bit of a blue mood the past few days. I've recently read …
Once a mom…
...always a mom. These two little critters are now 29 and 24. When I look at photos like this one I want to turn the clock back. Please? Just for a little while? What would I do differently? Nag more? Worry less? Check homework more often? Read more stories at bedtime? Feed them more vegetables? …
the sabbatical chef 