Lately, I'm having a harder time keeping track of what day it is, let alone what the date is. It hit me today that tomorrow is the last day of July (what?) and therefore I NEEDED to get this post written today so I can share my monthly wrap-ups tomorrow. June Challenge: “Re-read a book... Continue Reading →
If everything goes to plan, I will have both May and June's challenge posts written and posted before July's end. I'm laughing if you think I'm organized enough to also have July's book done and ready...in July. I'm working on it, that's all I have to say. Also, to be fair to me, I actually... Continue Reading →
Happy Last Week of July! I know I'm not the only one who is simultaneously weirded out and unfazed by this strange passing of time. Since it is the last Monday of July though, it's time for a review of the collection of poems I read in honor of this month's Poet of the Month:... Continue Reading →
Slowly but surely everyone, slowly but surely. Day 110: Hamilton: welcometo our homes, our lives, our hearts.Sing out loud and proud. Day 111: Mimosa morningWill and Jeff blow up spaceshipsI'm home before dark. Day 112: Simon is sheddingwhite and grey fur is strewn hereand there without care. Day 113: I procrastinate--not from laziness but from... Continue Reading →
Day 104: Has the Haiku Musediscarded and left me fora stronger poet? Day 105: Hard-backs, paper-backs,e-books, audiobooks, somany books on shelves. Day 106: I stare at emptypages and blank screens waitingfor creative prose. Day 107: I arrange itemson my desk and rearrange them, waiting for words. Day 108: Simon disrupts thetrashcan and my peace--now helooks... Continue Reading →
Happy Monday! I am so excited to talk about today's book: Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia. This is a book I have talked about almost constantly for months...because it is really THAT good. In February, I started a Myths and Folktales unit with my 7th graders and decided to... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the first (of many I hope) installment of my "Poet of the Month" series. I love poetry and I have been realizing lately that not only have I not been diving into the poetry world as much as I would like to, but that there is also so much that I don't know... Continue Reading →
Hey All! Here we are, halfway through the year. Sometimes, I feel like the time has skipped by, and other times, I feel like May was a year ago. I want to blame it all on 2020, but in reality, this is how I feel every year. As with last month's wrap-up (which I think... Continue Reading →
