Tables and graphs

You measure life By your successes But You create no charts, legends, or keys There is no presentation documenting the good Just burning images of all the bad Your loss Your hurt Your wasted time But each failure is actually a success Yes, you learned a valuable lesson Which ought to be followed with “Today I” […]

A Move to the Woods

I’d like to go for a walk in the woods A forest A grove A riverbank A valley A wet grassland A secluded marsh Along a fallen log I would find a tree and climb it And sit for awhile See the plants The birds The insects The amphibians The mollusks The mammals The reptiles I’d […]

Set up

Seventh Graders will often use the wrong facial expression / voice inflection / emotion when expressing themselves. When it seems that they should sound happy or sad, they do not. Or, perhaps, they should sound worried or concerned but they are expressionless. This is just something I have noticed while teaching. Please consider the following: […]

Civic Education

Public Policy Levels of Government Don’t be an idiot Learn who to contact Who does What Cooperate Identify Propose Approach Communicate It isn’t hard Just do it Do it anyway

Issues of the Body

*warning* Hormonal Bitch Fest *warning* I hate ovulating. All I want to do is have sex with any man walking by. I can’t stand it. I question all my thoughts, ideals, motivations, current life; all because of some damn hormones that want me to answer the call. Last night, my keys ended up locked in […]

My Family Is …

Passive aggressive bullies. Now, Be Nice. Okay … Full of shit. Nope. Try again. My family is full of people trying to make it. Trying to make their life full. Trying to navigate what they need, what they want, what changes their minds, what keeps them going, what pushes against them, what others need, what others […]

Perceptions

Someone told me “I remember when” not me, i replied Really? They asked Furrowed brows Really. So I wonder, why not? Where did it go? Why don’t I remember? What’s wrong with me? Huh, that’s weird. I guess. Why does one retain and the other lose? So much judgement and not one thought for them.

Idiots

I know, I know. We all think we’re surrounded by idiots. We never think that we’re the idiot That surrounds. But in reality We are. It’s good to know To be aware. Therefore, I am an idiot surrounding someone right now.