Writing is a team sport. I know we don't mostly think of it that way, but what is a piece of writing without an audience? This realizati...

He says he was a geek in school -- not athletic or a band member. He thought he would become a poet to make himself stand out, carrying heav...

Okay. I'm still obsessing. (see previous post) It's 4AM. My brain is balled up in a fist and I can't get it to relax. This weeke...

Thirty misspent minutes. Running out the clock until 11PM, Michael and I watched a fraction of a blood dripping, roller coaster crashing, s...

In Oxford, MI. In the middle of a major blizzard. Cold hands. I stop by the local K Mart to buy gloves. I am more than familiar with K Mart...

Williamsport, PA is the birthplace of the Little League. Proudly smiling from the trophy case at Jackson Elementary was this snowman made of...

Ben reaches out to grab the teeth of a T Rex at the Cleveland Natural History Museum. As the sign says, looking down the throat of what was...

You can't get much cooler than a snowman in a beret and a yellow leopard shirt stickin ' to the grey skies with uplifted arms. No su...

White Knoll Middle looks like your typical school from the outside. Bell, flag pole, parking lot. You get the picture. But unless and until ...

This is a picture of Hector (big dog) and Suzi (little dog). They come from totally different hoods. Hector is from East 185th Street in Cl...

I don’t think there exists a parent who has ever stood civilly in line at the grocery store who has not (at least) once sworn to abandon som...

And you know what? Even thought this blog "nags me like the goblin bee that will not state its sting" (thank you emily) I haven...

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...