Thinking back as Retrospect asks me to do, I had only two job interviews in a 25-year career in education. Read More

For someone who loves to write, being a terrible speller used to be my Achilles heel. Read More

I learned the most from my years of volunteering at a well-run school under the leadership of the man who became my mentor, Warren Cherry. Read More

The winter of my discontent has arrived and I’m feeling exhausted and so sad. There is no turkey to carve. Read More

My pre-teen daughters spend hours weaving the ribbon in/out of the barrette, creating colorful patterns that match every outfit they own. Read More

1963, the year I started college, was a rather schizophrenic time for women. There were glimmerings of feminism and social activism, but a lot of the old expectations for women lived side-by-side with these new ideas. Read More

He climbed up the slide like a superhero, reassuring the child not to worry saying, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here for you. I’ll go down with you.” Read More

On this Halloween, I pray the results of the upcoming election do not make it into another one that haunts me. Our country deserves a treat rather than a trick this time. Read More

Random thoughts from a nasty woman facing a long winter … One of my favorite political memes is “Nevertheless, she persisted,” said by Mitch McConnell to Elizabeth Warren back in February of 2017. She refused to be silenced while reading a letter into the Senate record written by Coretta Scott King opposing Jeff Sessions for… Read More

The more computer savvy I became, the less contact I had with those little humans who mattered so much to me. Read More