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Oh, hey, it's that time of year. That time when some people are writing a novel all month , and some people are blogging all month - lik...

Can we talk about Common Core for a minute? You know, the new standards being rolled out in public schools across the United States? Th...

So life has sped up, as it often does once the summer break from school ends and the new school year begins. Our day-to-day life is mor...

You know, writing is hard. I am trying to figure out exactly what has pulled me away from writing here. Have I run out of things to say? Uh,...

I am forty-six years old today and as I begin another turn around the sun, it's as good a time as any to take stock. At the beginning of...

Apparently I am not cut out for blogging at this point in my life. This is odd, because I actually want to blog, because I like the idea of ...

Yesterday after work I was sitting next to Viva on the couch. Out of nowhere and with no prompting whatsoever she turned to me and said, ...

Recently, we were playing this game at the dinner table. It's a fun game, can be thought-provoking, and the answers may surprise you.  ...

Well, almost. We are all groaning our ways through the last days of school. I have two children, and they are at the same school,...

FYI - this pic has nothing to do with the content of this post, but honestly. If you are going to go to the trouble of having a sign m...