April 29, 2013

Attention Deficit

February 18, 2013

Somewhere between Santa and Social Media

“My two year-old nephew can put his toes in his mouth. But if I tried to put my toes in my mouth, someone would have to take me to the hospital afterward. Imaginations are like that; the older they get, they less they can stretch.” Continue reading

October 18, 2012

Thank You, “Fort Worth, Texas Magazine!”

I couldn’t be more excited about this wonderful book review in the October 2012 issue of Fort Worth, Texas Magazine!  Would you believe it took a friend from Arizona to find it and let me know about it first?

October 7, 2012

What Didn’t Work: 1st Six Weeks

My idea with this wall was to cover it with a constant rotation of butcher paper, upon which would be scribbled our thinking maps, graphs, word studies, predictions and blah, blah, blah. I was going to need so much butcher … Continue reading

What Worked: 1st Six Weeks

When I was a kid in elementary school, I talked during class. A lot. I must have thought all those Ns on my report card just stood for Nika. Continue reading