In Celebration of Being Ordinary

I am an ordinary human. I hereby wildly loudly celebrate being ordinary. Average. Making mistakes. Getting C’s. Here is why I am wildly celebrating being ordinary and average: because I see a world enthralled to best, a world that increasingly equates being...

The Smell of Books or TeachNow Round-Up!

My first teaching experience was pulling my mom’s college textbooks down from the top of the hall closet and “teaching” my dolls whatever it was I thought I was “reading.”  I can still smell mom’s books and feel the excitement my...

Break the Trance with Me

Hey there Taters (a term of endearment in our house), I’ve been zooming through an intensely busy time the last 4 weeks and I got 2 more weeks of intensity to go — teaching & interviews & travel all mushed in together. I’ve found myself...