Putting up posters in the hall Telling kids to watch the advertisement video Giving them stickers with monkeys on them Handing out tabloids about the books Rescheduling bus duty from the library to somewhere else Getting volunteers for chili supper Getting teacher wish lists Wondering why I have to do this to make money for […]

Tomorrow’s the birthday of poet and novelist Louise Erdrich born in Little Falls,Minnesota (1954). She’s best known for her series of four books that follow three generations of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota during the twentieth century. She grew up on the plains of North Dakota. Her father was of German descent and her mother […]

Joseph Brodsky was arrested for “social parasitism” and sentenced to five years’ hard labor in Siberia. In 1972 he left Russia for America, where he translated English poetry, but it took several years before he began writing poems primarily in English. He said he wrote in English as a form protest against the Soviet Union, […]

And I can take the cover off any hardback book and take it home for two weeks, read it, and then put it back on the shelf! Ooh-ooh! Ooh-ooh! Can ya dig it?

Made two student requested appearances today. Went to high school graduation brunch (Hawaiian theme) in the a.m. for one of my all time favorites girl students, and to a dance recital for one my current students tonight. She is a wonderful dancer–tap, jazz, ballet, and hip-hop. KK went too, and when I told her that […]

I found out that I get a discount at Barnes and Noble. Yay! Yay-yay-yay-ya-ay-yay! Then I found out that I get a discount at Starbucks!! Who’s cool?!? Oh, yeah! Who’s cooler than I am? Yeah, yeah, yeah, YEAH!

I was late getting in last night because 4 kids had parents who didn’t pick them up on time, but I took the last one home myself (she’s a favorite, and her mom is great–adopted from Cambodia when her mom could have retired comfortably instead). That’s probably against the law somehow, but what are they […]

There is an author named Molly O’Neill who writes cookbooks. I guess I’m weird, but I like to read cookbooks. But that is not what I want to read by Molly O’Neill. First of all, I can’t think of a better name than Molly O’Neill. Then I found out that she is Paul O’Neill’s sister. […]