This morning, on the way to school, I was singing in my car - as I do, loudly - when I drove through the orange groves on either side of the...

Several of my current favorite songs all have the word "hurricane" in the lyrics. I like to think it's not because of my mete...

Had a mixed-bag kind of day today. It started rather inauspiciously when I discovered that I had lost my favorite rhinestone airplane brooch...

Spent a ton of money at Whole Foods tonight, but the company and subsequent dinner was totally worth it. So far tonight, what's come ou...

Even though (because?) I have tons of work to do this weekend, I'm really glad for the holiday weekend. This morning, I worked against s...

Three weeks ago, I stumbled into a conversation with my last-period philosophers about the nature of teaching and why I choose to teach when...

Today, I took my parents on a Gulf-Coast Adventure. We drove 2+ hours to Tarpon Springs, a touristy community north of Tampa, known for its...

What I'm telling those that ask: 13 weeks of pottery studio time! Who knew this existed?? Would be so fun for summer. Rain boots! I ...

...I had a blog. It's Thanksgiving Break. And with this prolonged sabbath, I intend to rest. And read. And write. Though I need to re...

The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry When despair grows in me and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound in fear of what my ...

...the world requires no audience, no witnesses... (Conor Oberst, I Must Belong Somewhere) At sundown, I often think it strange that the wav...

I'll admit I really only wanted to be in Girl Scouts for the badges.  Okay, and maybe the cookies.  Because you could get a badge for se...

Graduation is today.  I adore graduations, as I do most ceremony.  (Okay, partly because there is costuming involved!)  The symbolism of aca...

It's already nine days into my birthday month, and I'm finally now alerting everyone. It's nice to have a birthday at the very e...

What I ordered for my mom for Mother's Day: What was delivered: The hell?!  Okay, okay, to be entirely fair, the florist did tell me tha...

It's been an interesting and busy week, but, outside of my Monday-night small group's discussion of Passover, I haven't paid muc...