When we boarded the Croatian Airlines flight from Frankfurt to Zagreb, all these men started boarding who were quite tall, high cheek bones ...

Croatia does dark like West Virginia does dark. Real dark. Mountainous dark. Winding two lane roads through total blackness. Dark. So when w...

That little figure in the purple fleece is me standing in front of our hotel in Franfurt, which was not intended to be a stop on our way. Th...

Tomorrow we leave for Croatia. I haven't been obsessing about it until today. The clothes are in the bag, housesitting arrangements i...

"Mankind will need to venture far beyond planet Earth to ensure the long-term survival of our species, according to the world's bes...

I had the best time visiting Saluda Trail Middle School. Please Please if you read this click on the school name above and hyperlink to the ...

Born November 11, 2006 at 4:59 pm. Weight: 4 lbs. 9 oz. (tiny baby!). She joins mom and dad (Katie and Doug) and her big sister Steph and br...

You have to give respect to get it! Be the best you can be! Fairness! Play by the rules, be a winner! Giraffe heroes stick their necks out f...

“Tradition encourages us to think that those who are book smart are lacking in street smarts. We are inclined to think that even if [intelle...

Lots of old friends at this meeting -- but not as many new faces. I have no hard numbers to back this up, but like many reading conferences ...

I thought this test was a joke when I first heard about it -- but it is far from funny. Dr. Goodman has approved this article for sharing --...

Stories are the bridge between who we are and who we used to be. Listening to the other presenter's stories, I'm drawn to cross thos...

This is a happening place, students were active in a common area making little literacy bags to hold their books and their journals and penc...

Breakfast with Poets -- Brod Bagert and me. Many in the audience were more familiar with Brod than with me, so I did a little overview of ho...

This post is for all the people who have ever said: You get to travel, that must be so much fun! Monday I left Cleveland for Mobile via Hous...

Last night on Bill Mauer, he said that he didn’t think he should have to talk to women who were wearing a burqa, it is so fourteenth century...

I admire librarians for their self-motivation. Often working solo, they quietly keep the shelves current and in order so that the rest of us...

The day was sunny and 80 degrees, the smell of cut grass. At precisely 10:45AM, one week from the tragic shooting at the small Amish school ...

My word for the day. On pretty much of a whim, Michael and I just booked a trip to Croatia in December. We will be visiting Steven and Kathy...

I'm at the Cleveland Public Library, it is the color of cold, wet steel outside. Ample windows are letting in only a dusky light and the...