Apocalypse: Yearbook
For some of you it might be the cold weather making it harder for you to breathe. For others, it could very well be the warmer weather try...
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The Evolution of a Brussels Sprout
ALDI was odiferous that day. My olfactory was offended. I had to carry on, as we must in times of trial, pushing past such nasal nuisanc...
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Blogpostathon 2019
My students asked me what I was giving up for Lent. As they talked about giving up chocolate, candy, sugar, and cursing, I told them I was...
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"The Royal Art of Poison" by Eleanor Herman
As a journalism teacher, you think I'd be all about nonfiction. As a college student, I found a way to "make money" by writ...
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Scenes from a Notebook
I have kept a notebook since middle school. Well, when I was in middle school it was loose leaf in a three-ring binder -- but it counts, ...
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Elf Kindergarten
Ulydorah skipped all the way to elf kindergarten. She lived in a moving tree by the whispering river down from the tall mushroom, which h...
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The Burgundy Cat
Hume was the Chesire Cat’s cousin. Not striped. Not witty. And definitely not cruel. Instead, he was burgundy. Cheshire, or Cheshy, a...
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"The Road to Oz" by L. Frank Baum
Stranger danger ain't no thang when you're Dorothy Gale. Like, go ahead and walk down that road, girl, and start talki...
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"Sleeping Beauties" by Owen and Stephen King
Enormous cast that's almost impossible to keep track of? Check. A global event showcased in one small area of America Appalachi...
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"Scythe" and "Thunderhead" by Neal Shusterman
While the dystopian novel is still a scratch being itched in the literary world, Neal Shusterman's "Arc of a Scythe" series...
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It has a name: Resistance
A friend brought to my attention a book called "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield. In reality, it was more like: a friend rem...
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