Hump Day
It can stop being hot any day now. Okay, really it’s cooler than yesterday, but not in my classroom. And the smoke from the Idaho fires is settling in tonight. The fair starts tomorrow. The kids entered some art pieces…
ready or not, back to work
I finished putting together my class today and uploaded it into the Moodle system. Well, it’s not really done. I’m afraid I’m something of a pantser when it comes to teaching. I like to go with the teachable moments and…
Oh I WANTS it! I Do I Do!
Just found this. Yep, you read it right: Writers Tears Irish Whiskey. I’m going to have to figure out how to get some of this. Wonder how it tastes. Bitter? Or oh so sweet? Apparently you can’t get it in…
A Blog About Teaching
I frequently dislike teaching freshman composition. It’s not that it’s a freshman course, or that it’s a writing course and students are frequently underprepared, though the latter is frustrating when I’m trying to teach writing in 18 days on the…
Thunder and Lightning
We made the drive back from Salem yesterday. Took 13.5 hours. Probably would have been quicker but for some roadwork that caused a fair bit of delay. The last three hours were attended by a bunch of rain and a…
Today and Tomorrow
Tomorrow I start back to Montana. It should take two days. Actually I can do it in one, but I want to stop overnight and go to Costco before I go home. So I probably will. On the really cool…
Sweet cool down
Today the temps in Salem dropped significantly. It was a relief. It even rained. The dogs got out for a good walk and we ran errands and explored and did a bit of geocaching for International Geocaching Day. And we…
Graveyard Shift has a great post today on cop slang. Really great for writers. Bookmark it and remember. I got word today that it is now certain that Blood Winter will be the last Horngate book. The positive thing is…
Snippet
From the work in progress: “You ought to kill this new ambassador,” Olyeron told his father absently as he moved a stone on the merti board. “Soon. Where’s he from?” Seavik watch his son beneath lowered lids. “Is that opinion…
a scare and shouting
Yesterday the dog decided that he could not put an ounce of weight on his back leg–the same one that had a ligament replacement just a short while ago. Today he’s limping a bit on it. We’re carrying him in…