Day 7 of CampNaNoWriMo and Day 2 of Teachers Write!

CAMPNANOWRIMO PROGRESS I'm making progress. Definitely. It's Day 7 of camp and my word count is now 11,039. Before I started writing, I set four goals for myself in order to complete this challenge. Some goals are coming along a little better than others: I haven't been able to write first thing in the morning most days; … Continue reading Day 7 of CampNaNoWriMo and Day 2 of Teachers Write!

A Day All to Myself

Today is the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur and we have off from school.   I love my job.  I really really do!  Each morning I when drive in to work I find myself very excited about the day ahead of me.  Though, as wonderful as the school, the students, and my co-workers are, it is … Continue reading A Day All to Myself

Do you write to remember?

Several posts ago I asked the question "Why do you write?"  I asked this question not because it was a new question, but because there really are so many different responses for why we write.  We have reasons that are different from one another, but we each also have multiple reasons of our own.   … Continue reading Do you write to remember?

New Category – “Education and School Related Things”

Well, there are just a few days before it is officially back to school.  I will be going back both as a teacher and a student this fall...and this is the first fall that I have ever done so!  When I went back to school for teaching, I went full time and did not work.  … Continue reading New Category – “Education and School Related Things”