Frivolous Writing

This NY Times article came to my inbox yesterday and described my feelings EXACTLY. I have not been feeling the writing lately. I feel like all my topics are so frivolous when there are so many more serious things happening in the world. Should I really be writing about nail polish when a friend of

Licorice Pizza & Spring Nails

When I thought about writing and let my mind wander, I thought about getting my nails done. How frivilous- haha. I will not write a whole post on that. But it is a good, mindless, question- green for St. Patrick’s day or a typical neutral color??? So instead… let me talk about something deeper. Licorice

Deep Thoughts

Sometimes students are thinking deeper thoughts than we can imagine. I currently have a cold sore happening on my lip. Last Monday was the first day we were able to shed our masks if we chose. I was thinking, “Oh geesh- no maks- and a big cold sore.” I told myself that people probably would

Spacey

Have any of you ever read Persepolis? A teacher had said it was really good, so I finally got a chance to read it. I am realizing I do not know much about Iran’s history. And when I research it, I still get confused. This experience has been wonderful though to model for my freshman

Cleanse

Good morning! I posted yesterday and then did not get a chance to read all of your beautiful writing. I read your comments to me and it warmed my heart. My goal today is to read your writing. I am Catholic and today is Ash Wedneday. I plan to give up sweets for Lent. But

Grandma’s Poem

My grandma passed away a few weeks ago.  I received a generous gift card from the English department so I can get  a personalized gift made. My mom is going to bring some of her handwritten recipes so I can try to find a good one to get engraved into a cutting board. I think

Santana the Snowflake

By: Heather Zimmerman I wrote this story over multiple quick write days in a class. Enjoy! “Beep, beep,” said Santana, the little snowflake.  “I am on my way down.”“Mom,” yelled Santana’s sister, “when do we get there?”“Just keep falling honey,” Mom said. “Hey! There are some more kids down there for you to meet.” “Yay!”

Applying a Book to Teaching

Well… my blogging goals have not been happening. I actually have been reevaluating my plate of “stuff”. I need to let a few things go. But that is not the point of this post. What is the point is the focus on a book I just finished. I am a little late to the game,

April 6- Thoughts

I started writing for TWT blog- Slice of Life in March. The goal was to write for 31 days. And I did it! I began to think about some of my other goals- connecting with God on a daily basis and practicing my Spanish. Maybe this is my place to do it. The strangest thing,

April 5- Thoughts

I started writing for TWT blog- Slice of Life in March. The goal was to write for 31 days. And I did it! I began to think about some of my other goals- connecting with God on a daily basis and practicing my Spanish. Maybe this is my place to do it. The strangest thing,