For the past two times at Calvary, the book fair has been in there, so I have had to give up what little shared space I have to the literacy program’s book fair. It wouldn’t sting so much if the library got a little bit of the profit, but it doesn’t, even though I have […]

I have been working with the kids at Lebanon Elementary and Calvary Elementary for two weeks now. I love my job. I love my kids. They think I am cool because I play (very badly) three chords on the guitar and sing “Hello, Hello,” and “Down by the Bay.” I am teaching them to read […]

My old email at St. Mark has been invaded by spam. I guess guess the unknowing tech teacher took down the wall. Above was my latest message. Is this the same as “the nuclear option?”

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 […]

I went to Lebanon Elementary for a professional development day on the use of smart board technology. OMIGOSH! I am so excited about the possibilities. They can do everything except cook your dinner. I don’t have my own for the library, but I can wheel one in when I need it, along with the requisite […]

I went to see one of my students perform at Singletary Center in the Blugrass Youth Ballet’s production of “A Tail of Tales.” The young, beautiful French director of the ballet composed it from the stories “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “Peter and the Wolf,” the common thread being the character […]

Worked at St. Mark all day and still didn’t get everything done. Have to be out by Thurs. Won’t be here tomorrow since I have to work. I feel so badly that all I have left for this place is disdain. Chris and I cried a lot again.

My friend Annie hates it when I say we’ve been fired. She says we have been “lifted up” out of evil to be placed where we can do good. Sharon says we have been removed from a “cesspool,” and that we’ll feel clean again once we’re not here (she left last year). Hmmm. . .

Every year we go to the park for half a day and play games. The 8th grade mans a station for each game and the groups circulate. Today a kid in the 7th grade brough paint balls and was secretly passing them out–the boys’ bathroom got especially hard hit. We haven’t had this kind of […]

Think I left my phone at Miracle Book Room while I was lOoking for 8th grade graduation presents. They were closed when I discovered it, so I will have to check tomorrow. Also misplaced my school keys, but I think a student borrowed them and put them somewhere. Soon I won’t need them anyway. Next […]