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The Odyssey is a narrative epic poem of 12,109 lines about the extraordinary deeds of heroic characters. Epic heroes like Odysseus have superhuman strength and wisdom (god-like), and encounter gods or other superhuman forces. [...]

My 11th grade math teacher Mrs. L would be so proud of me for using charts, graphs, and formulas in my English classes to teach theme, thesis statements, literary analysis, research papers, and more. [...]

I have learned to listen and live with my hands open to motherhood. My three daughters are close in age, and with all three girls in college at once, they have stories and ideas [...]

Today was our final staff day with brunch, milestone awards, saying so-long to teachers retiring or moving (once an Eagle, always an Eagle!) grades due, and general classroom shut down. My dear friend Rebecca [...]

When my older brother Tim died on Ascension Day 2010, the numbness of loss eventually gave way to deep turmoil and pain; I knew my choice was to become “A Quartz contentment, like a [...]

A fire drill is a great opportunity to connect with students outside in the fresh Colorado sunshine, so why not talk about writing and publishing? One of my ninth grade students recently immigrated from [...]

My lilac bush had a brief but glorious two week bloom this year, with the freeze and snow on Friday finally scattering the petals. In our seven years in this home so far, sometimes [...]

Norman Rockwell, "Breaking Home Ties", The Saturday Evening Post, September 25, 1954. I can understand his feeling of letting go of the season of childhood and teen years, in order to let young adults [...]

A Mother’s Love. I’ve been so sick with influenza this week and even left work on Monday at lunch so ill, I had to find afternoon sub coverage. It’s been miserable and I’ve been [...]

What a magical weekend in the snowy mountains! I was invited to help be a chaperone for our women’s varsity soccer team for the weekend and we stayed in a gorgeous spot at Rocky [...]