Right now, my students are in the middle of reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The novel, if you are unfamiliar with it, takes place during World War II and is about a group of British boys who survive a plane crash, landing on an uninhabited island. There are no adults that survive […]
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Having It All
Getting four people, three of them small, out the door to school in the morning has been the Island Family drama of the month. This has reminded me of something embarrassing yet funny that happened to me almost 10 years ago as a teacher and new mother. A few weeks after I returned to work […]
Back to School, Island Family Style
It’s official. Eighty percent of our family is now back at school. Naturally, not much about the first day went according to The Plan I painstakingly detailed in The Land of My Mind. The night before school started, for instance, the garbage disposal clogged, impertinent enough to reject the straw I someone inadvertently put in […]
I Haven’t Fallen Off the Face of the Earth
Hey, I just wanted to let all of you know I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth that, oh whoops, turned out to be flat after all. I just done got myself into a bit of a fix here, on account of a busted sink, a busted oven (yes, again!!!), a baby-girl […]
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As I Return to Teaching
Summer is winding slowly down here, and as I’m about to begin teacher meetings, I’ve made some observations about the state of our lives pre-dive and how these may impact our form. (Yes, I’m watching the Olympics.) 1. Glory be, we officially have three working appliances again, after almost a year of one or more […]
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Touring Boone Hall Plantation
Last week, I began writing a post about our field trip to Boone Hall Plantation, but my narrative of the bus ride there ultimately took on a life and a post of its own. So today, I’ll share about our time at the plantation. As we neared the plantation that morning, it began raining. Fortunately […]