Friday Field Trip: A & W Root Beer

A similar event happened to me at my friend Joan’s house, although it was sloe gin fizzes and her sweet father who called my parents. Continue reading Friday Field Trip: A & W Root Beer

Mid-week Wisdom

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates This book is an earnest and fervent warning from Coates to his … Continue reading Book review: Between father and son

I spent over thirty years teaching children to read, and as much as schools may have changed in that time, … Continue reading If you love me, read me a story

Low income children suffer stresses that would buckle our knees and yet we expect them to learn and grow and … Continue reading Reading is antidote to toxic stress of childhood poverty

At twenty-six, Jean Louise Finch comes home to Maycomb, Alabama for a two-week visit with her adored father, Atticus. He’s … Continue reading Atticus is just a man after all

“You’ll know who you are when you start losing things.” “It took a bit of ill-humor to make yourself up … Continue reading One tough mother

This was written years ago when our baby (who turns 40 next year) moved out. Something reminded me of it … Continue reading Getting Comfortable in Our Empty Nest