I’m going to tell you two truths and a lie

One - My hair has gotten so long that I thought something was  crawling on the back of my waist. In a valiant effort to kill the offending and no doubt deadly creature, I rolled off the bed and onto the floor. It was the clarit...

There’s a saying about opportunity knocking, but I’m not sure how it goes. I do know that opportunity has knocked and I keep opening the door. The more I open the door the more disconnected I become from the grunt and grind of teaching. Just to be clear, the grunt and...

I have a thing about voices. I’ll spare you the details because there is no way saying something like, “Have you ever met a person whose voice hits the wrong part of your brain? And you would do anything to make them stop talking forever?” doesn’t offend someone, so I...

This should be a Top Ten list, but it isn’t. I’ve decided that Top Ten lists are nothing more than a contrivance, not to mention the same round number bias that makes people believe today is the last day of a decade. In the spirit of friendship, I’ll stop myself from s...

‘Tis a tad bit dusty in here. And this post is about to be a tad bit rusty.  Perhaps even a bit of a bumpy ride, hold on and keep an eye out for the unexpected turns. I’m writing on my phone in a moving car. You’ll be pleased to know that I’m not the driver. Safety sec...

I have a hangover. A book hangover. And my current imaginary condition brings to mind an excellent point—why do good books have to end? They shouldn’t be allowed to end. They should go on forever or until they aren’t good books anymore. Good books should be like fan fi...

Summer is here, which means the annual Great Air Conditioning Battle has begun. I am currently losing the battle, but I will win the war. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, opening the windows when it’s 90° does nothing other than allow microscopic mosquitos en...

This has been the longest of months— 31 days felt like 62. The Giant Lion Turtle knowing how desperately I want summer to begin has no doubt been secretly rewinding the days as I slept. What else could explain this endless May. I fully expect to wake tomorrow to discov...

I never planned on reviewing this book, but after a student returned it as a DNF, and my content partner asked to borrow my copy, I started thinking about it again. I remember when I finished, I wondered how you would review a book with multiple narrators when you only...

Love, Simon, the film adaptation of Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda was something new, but it also proved that unconscious bias can lurk in the most progressive of places.

Every book to movie adaptation makes changes. Movies just don’t have time fo...