Top Ten Tuesday topic: Name literary characters I would want with me on a deserted island. (My answers are based on who I think would hel...

"A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, 
political boy. A group of four frien...

View inside the Opryland Hotel and Convention Center, Nashville Weather: overcast and cool. The weather report is for rain. It was rain...

I am currently in Nashville at the SREB High Schools that Work Conference at the Opryland Hotel and Conference Center, just a short walk awa...

Book: Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith Book Beginnings: "I read somewhere that human beings are genetically predisposed to ...

Ten years ago I was on summer vacation from my high school teaching job and I was finishing up my course work which prepared me to be a te...

Earlier this week my daughter shared an article with me called "Why Readers, Scientifically, Are the Best People to Fall In Love Wit...

Broke and Bookish I am not much of a movie-goer so my list may not seem very current. But here are few movies that I enjoyed. All of ...

Book Journey Teach Mentor Texts Currently Reading: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart       I can't tell, and I...

Daisy has always been the good daughter. She helps take care of her profoundly autistic brother without complaining. She gets great grades...