There is one-half day left of the school year. It would be cliche to say the first day feels like it was yesterday, but maybe that's what a cliche is... something so overused because it's accurate. On Saturday I attended Graduation and walked as an educator. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined … Continue reading On Teaching & Change →

I received an odd phone call on Friday, during work hours. The local flower nursery called to apologize that my delivery would be a day late. "My delivery?" I confirmed my name and phone number and sure enough, someone was sending me flowers. My cheeks turned about forty shades of red. "Can you tell me … Continue reading On Flowers →

  Photography has always been a passion of mine. I'm not foolish enough to think I'm good enough to do anything with it, but I still really enjoy it. This year I made a commitment to myself to do a few things and one of them was taking more pictures. Finding those moments that make … Continue reading On Photography →

Today I woke with a smile and although I'm tired, it will be a good day. To be fair, yesterday I woke with a smile too but within thirty minutes I thought I'd broken a toe and started my morning with a grimace. It did not carry into the day, but today, the toe is … Continue reading Update 475 – On Life →

What is your carbon footprint? Seems like an easy enough question but I've asked every person I've passed today, and no one could tell me. I started to ask my student's to see if they know and I'm disappointed to say they don't. Most of them aren't even aware that they could personally make an … Continue reading On Earth Day →

I make the worst vegetarian. I packed a meat-free lunch for the first time today. I have this crazy idea that being a weekday vegetarian and a weekend omnivore would be a nice thing. Maybe a weekday pescatarian. (I could eat sushi every day...) On paper, this is the best idea in the world. I've … Continue reading On Meat and Sisters →

Last night I woke up in a full sweat, heart thudding out of my chest, lost to my present location. I can't remember the whole dream, but instead, I'm stuck with the end playing over on repeat in my head. A nightmare I can't quite wake from. A gunshot rang out and when I close … Continue reading On Insomnia and Nightmares →

Having a small obsession with film started young. My first live action movie was Star Wars (This one was mostly about westerns but I mention Star Wars too - Bras Chocolate, and Westerns). I can't say whether it was Star Wars or my father who is more to blame for my love of movies. Likely … Continue reading Video Rentals →

I was never in love with my name growing up. I always thought it made a better last name than first. It wasn't until my twenties that I came around to embracing Miranda. I can remember a distinct conversation I had with my mother once upon a time. "Why did you name me Miranda?" My … Continue reading On Mirandas →

Seanan McGuire's fourth installment in her Wayward Children series, In An Absent Dream, was magic. I loved this book series from the start. It pulled me into Neverland and never let me go. I have taken adventures into the mist and darkness with a mad scientist and a vampire king. To chaos worlds where people … Continue reading In An Absent Dream →