Inspired by sitting in a local coffee shop and by Timothy Arthur’s “Ten Nights in a Bar and What I saw There,” this is a post for all my fellow coffee shop frequenters.… Read More A Day in a Coffee Shop and What I Saw There
It’s been real, but the time has come for me to turn in my classroom key. This is the finale to my substitute saga. … Read More The Substitute Chronicles: Part IV
While being a fake seventh grade teacher, I’ve accumulated a few things I need to get off my chest. Part III is Confessions of a Seventh Grade Substitute.… Read More The Substitute Chronicles: Part III
Part II of my long-term substitute saga is titled “My Beloved Pupils.” Don’t look now, but you’re about to head back to middle school.
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For over a month now, I have been long-term substitute teaching for a seventh grade math class. This piece is the first of a four-part saga exposing the trials of a substitute. … Read More The Substitute Chronicles: Part I
We’ve seen dog fights, we’ve scoffed at newly-weds being too gushy, and we’ve cackled as we’ve observed people who were new to camping as they’ve tried to unroll awnings, level their RV’s, and dump their sewer systems.… Read More Glamping
It’s extremely important to send our thoughts and prayers, but we need to do more. Here are ways to help those hurting in our country today. … Read More Do More Than Just Think
Your twenties are unique times. Whether you’re still in college or you’re about to hit the big 3-0, you’ve fully entered adulthood. Sometimes, it’s just as glamorous as you thought it would be. Sometimes it involves cleaning your toilet. Regardless of what you’re doing in your twenties, you see major changes in your life as… Read More Here’s to the Twenty-Somethings
Last spring I attended one of those murder mystery dinner parties. If you’ve never been to one, here’s how they work: the host orders a kit that pre-assigns characters to all the guests, provides each of them with certain actions/phrases they will have to bring about throughout the night, and basically sets up a fake… Read More A Great Evening for Murder
The apartment where I lived my senior year of college was a little… non-posh. I lived there with two of my best friends and Colin. Colin deserves his own blog post, so I won’t go into details about him now. Our apartment held a treasure trove of memories, but again, it wasn’t elegant. There were… Read More If You Can’t Stand the Heat
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