My words have become tiny. They are scribbled down between loose leaf paper lines, a tiny cursive reminiscent of a young boy and a felt tipped pen. Little scrappy words huddled together in the crack above my bed, the jagged yellowish claw the rain brought in, the one that I called ‘cousin’ because I knew […]
There are a few things one can learn on the other side, the other camp. One thing that is paramount is the existence of camps. Obama comes to mind, constantly criticized for wanting to work with the guys (gals) on the other side of the line. Bipartisanship. Like the fabulous Broadway musical Wicked when the […]
There’s a scene in Avatar when He talks into the camera, doing “science.” Funny how he was his brother’s twin, and yet they were so different.Two lives living the same dream–someone else, and yet the same. Today was a bad day, Groundhog Day, ended badly because all the kids who had worked so hard […]
I took a job in the classroom…teaching English, aka, ELA. 6th grade. The last classroom teaching job I had was twelve years ago. Since then I finished a degree, travelled a lot, taught adults, designed trainings, consulting, curriculum writing, dreaming, raising my two children, failing and succeeding at the small most important things, the large […]
There’s that wrench sitting on the shelf, Behind the paint can and the dented cardboard box filled with plastic gloves. Prize sized and silver yet Adjustable widths and flexible lengths Cold and stiff, hiding (our so it seems) in the dark, closet-ness of a cold house Trapped Door closed and trembling vents, the radiator hits […]
Small boy in the back row shouts louder than the others. He attends a small school at the bottom of a big mountain With a big voice, Carlos calls. Wide brown eyes and a smile that beats the dozen— I snap him up in my gaze, a photograph of life. Life in this small rural […]
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