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10 Things I Loved In July 2013

10 Things I Loved In July 2013

At the end of each month, I take stock of the previous month.  What went well?  What did I learn?  What brought me a simple joy?  These monthly reports are […]

The Weekly Spark: Capture Where Your Time Goes

The Weekly Spark: Capture Where Your Time Goes

    When I first left academia and started writing full-time (before I then returned to teaching on a part-time basis a few years later, I remember thinking that I […]

The Happy Sheet: Let the light through...

The Happy Sheet: Let the light through…

Spotlight on The Healthy, Happy, Sane Teacher

Love being a teacher? Hate how it leaves you depleted for everything else? You worked hard to get your credentials and, with a roomful of students depending on you, we […]

Friday Reflections

Friday Reflections

Friday Reflections is all about reflecting on the week by observing our senses.  My hope is that this will be a gentle, easy way to tune into how we are […]

Finding Friends When You Are All Grown-Up

Finding Friends When You Are All Grown-Up

  A few weeks ago, I checked in with a friend who recently moved out of state because of her husband’s job.  She had a great professional life here and […]

The Weekly Spark: Gather Flowers

The Weekly Spark: Gather Flowers

One of my favorite photos from college features my collegiate best friends and me in a bed of poppies that lined the highway leading to our campus.  It was the […]

The Happy Sheet: Walking Each Other Home

The Happy Sheet: Walking Each Other Home

Spotlight on Right in the Middle

Spotlight on Right in the Middle

Surely I am not the only person who got to the beginning of last week and thought, “Holy Cow! Summer is almost over!” And then I thought about my little […]

Friday Reflections

Friday Reflections

Friday Reflections is all about reflecting on the week by observing our senses.  My hope is that this will be a gentle, easy way to tune into how we are […]