Dandelion Wine

Probably one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Hands down. Distrubing and dark but incredibly beautiful in how it captures the relationship between a father and his young son. Oh man. It’s so moving. So terrifying at his vision of the future, yet so clear and […]

I dropped my son off at school this morning and walked with my daughter to our nearest Starbucks. I didn’t anticipate the return home with me pushing an umbrella stroller with one hand and holding a hot cup of coffee in the other and she trying to drink her organic apple juice sitting in […]

We watched the premier of Heroes last night, and I was surprised at the writing. This is supposed to be one of the best ones out there, but the writing was so cliche around a certain subplot that I was irritated by it.
First of all, I’ve been a HS teacher for almost 10 years […]

Aiden started K this year and already there are changes. The other day went like this…
Aiden, how was school today? -me
I don’t know. -Aiden
What’d you do? -me
Nothing. -Aiden
Did you make new friends? -me
I don’t know. Mom, I need new shoes. I need sports shoes, you know the kind with the (here he […]

My procrastinating has hit an all time low today. I am watching Maury. I don’t know how this show remains on the air. No one is any kids baby’s daddy anymore!
Last night I rented Brokeback Mountain finally. I stayed away from the movie because I read there were quite a few […]

So we’ve decided to wait on the moving until December. I am planning to teach part time starting in Jan and we’ll have a little more room with money to do something. I was surprised to get a few contacts just by putting my home up on Craig’s list at a very high […]