Well, I just got back from being a mystery reader at my son’s school this morning, for his third grade class. Mystery readers are adults who volunteer to come in and read to the class for 30 minutes. The students don’t know who the reader will be until they all walk into the classroom and […]
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Pumpkin-Patching It With My Daughter
Yesterday, I returned to the souped-up pumpkin patch, this time with my daughter. And let me just say that it was most interesting to note the difference in approach between a preschool-aged girl and a first grade boy. For starters, I never noticed it at the time, but at the maize-grinding station, my son ground […]
Weekend Developments
It’s official. Saturday, we finished unpacking the last of the boxes from our move. Well, with the exception of a couple of my old boxes of teaching materials sitting in the garage right now. Which I’ll hurry up and do right after I post this, because we all know how likely it is that I […]
Island #1: Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Situated just east of Wilmington, North Carolina, in the southern part of the state, Wrightsville Beach is a narrow island about four miles long. Year-round, it has about 3,000 residents, but swells to more than 10 times that during the summer months. In this series, many of the islands I will feature, including Wrightsville […]
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Pumpkin-Patching It With My Son
Like my backyard fall décor? This is so not my backyard, I’m sorry to say. My backyard needs a little more tending than this, as we are learning that things appear to grow faster on the marsh than they do on the ocean. And, we do like pumpkins. But not this much. Oh, and my […]
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Disney World, Part II
On our last (and only) trip to Disney, we decided to wedge a more relaxed day of non-park activities in between the two park days. It went well the first time around, so we opted to repeat this format on this trip. Therefore, on Friday, we slept in and then went to the pool at […]