I think I have a case of the winter blues. It hasn’t been all that cold here until this week, but on Monday afternoon our downstairs heat went out. Something about freezing in your own home can magnify one’s distaste for winter. We’ve known for awhile now that our rusty HVAC unit {at age 22}…
Our school unexpectedly closed for two days this week due to illness. Something of this sort happens every winter, but typically the closure is later in the season and I sense it coming. I was blindsided by this one and ill-prepared to entertain my crew during a meeting and a couple of writing related calls….
A couple of years ago on a laid-back Saturday morning, our girls stumbled upon a movie called Dolphin Tale. The movie dramatizes the true story of a dolphin, named Winter, who is rescued and rehabilitated after getting caught in a fishing net off the coast of Florida and subsequently losing her tail. A team of…
For my first two years of college, I was an art major. I had always enjoyed drawing and doodling, so I thought it would be fun to pursue a career in the art sector. This plan was going well until I realized I needed to take a photography course that required me to use the…