My psyche is filled with I needs and I shoulds. It’s also filled with maybes… My head hurts and I’m waiting for meds to kick in. This screen is soothing with its black background and white text. Besides the pain, my mind is full of ideas. I’m thinking of changing my url to help with…

The second full week of September is a weirdly special time in Pendleton. When I first started teaching we taught Monday and Tuesday of that week & at the hundred year mark it changed to not teaching for the whole week—fundraisers, pop-up parking lots, closed Main Street, PBR, regular rodeo days, concerts…so, so much. Twenty-five…

We barely touch 80° today and I’m already feeling it. I don’t do well with unstructured time or heat. And now I have the tiny downside to my move…no central air. First world problems. I’m still in a better head space and I have some preparation done, more to do (always more to do). I…

Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? I have a handful of Bible verses & lines of poetry that I hold close to my heart. Every few of years I have a motto for my school year, but it’s been a minute. And, I’m always liking things I…