Friday, November 7, 2025

There Is Something Wonderful About College Students Writing 3rd-Grade Informative Essays (As If They're 3rd Graders).

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I made it to campus by 7:15. The I-95 Gods looked out for me, so there was plenty of time to print materials for class. We will be hosting t...
Thursday, November 6, 2025

Unfortunately, CT's Super Moon was Super Cloud-Covered, But I Felt Her Energy Nonetheless (I Am Mr. Moonbeam, After All)

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Karal sat at my side grading all day. Well, and planning. Oh, and interviewing. I did have one on-campus student conference...a math major l...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Reflecting on an Old Tale That I Never Thought I'd Ever Reflect Upon. I Blame It on Age & Having a Two Year Old in the House This Summer

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I've been thinking about my teaching days in Kentucky, experiences in all my own learning, and work where I am now in relation to a movi...
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Throwing Back to 2009. The First Publication (While in Doctoral Classes) When I Started Thinking about Dis/ability Representation in YA Texts

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This evening, after around 6 hours of meetings, I also bring together my graduate English course on Young Adult Literature, where the evenin...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Well, We're Back to Daylight Savings Time, Which Means Brighter Mornings and Much Earlier Nights. It Remains Something.

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I was reading last week that it will be a while before we have a 6 p.m. sunset, which opposes the 10 p.m. sunsets of summer. Although I don...
Sunday, November 2, 2025

Like the Leaves on a Fallen Branch, So Our The Days of Our Lives (& Look At How They Match the Hulk)

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I admit it. I am the fallen branch. The Vicki Soto 5K did the bones I own in: ooh, my ankles. Ouch, my hips. Is that the Sciatica acting up?...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

I've Been in My Current Location for Over 11 Years and I Attest the Halloween Game Has Only Grown for Residents on My Street.

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250 books. 275 Halloween bubbles. 400 pieces of candy. 150 glow-in-the-dark ghost figurines. My house was tapped and me? I am wiped out.  Wh...