Category: Writing Life

Confession: I love Math. I do. I made up my own math problems in Calculus class. I LOVED doing proofs! And I always challenge myself to do math in my head or by hand when I can. I wanted to be a Math teacher for a while, and still think I’d have a fun time…

Hey guys, I JUST noticed that my Day 12 post did NOT got up! I schedule them the night before so they’ll go up while I’m at work, but the Day 12 done did not for some reason! I found out tonight, published it, and it’s on the blog as being scheduled October 12th. Yeah,…

I come from a baseball family. We all played when we were kids; my brother is STILL an amazing pitcher at 27! I kept score a lot and amazed one of my friends recently at a MLB game by remembering how. The teacher of one of my programs today was keeping everyone updated on the…

As part of my job, I teach about the American Revolution, and Thomas Jefferson is in our presentation. He has a speech where he lists his accomplishments, and I’ve always thought he was a pretty cool guy. When I was a kid, I remember doing a book about the Louisiana Purchase for a project. For…

Happy Monday, everyone! Here’s the report from week three of just listening to podcasts for my commute time: Driving this week was: about as long as I have to drive normally. I worked every weekday, which is typical for me, and each day had a commute of 1-1.5 hours each way. I also added another 2…

What are you going to be for Halloween? I think Danny and I are going to be Miss Scarlett and Mr. Green from Clue. In all my halloweens, I’ve NEVER been anything scary. Have you? This book has some scary for your Halloween 🙂 Title: Not Very Scary Published by: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2014 Written…

I love collaging. I have a scrapbook that I made as a kid, with pictures of my siblings and everything! I was always writing, always creating, always everything. I thank my parents for setting be up to be the creative person that I am today, I and my siblings for putting up with me 🙂…

What’s your favorite color? As a kid, mine was red, red RED! I was a bossy little thing, and loved the power red had. I never once thought of it as an angry color; just as a color that got things done and was brave! As I’m getting older, I realize why I liked red…

So, last night I was at Hicklebee’s. They have previews for preschool and general audiences. Valerie Lewis book talks PLENTY of books, you get a list of all books discussed, and sometimes you can win a prize! Last night was the preschool preview, which I’ve never been to (which is crazy because she features TONS…

I wish I could say I’ve loved to paint since I was a child, but the truth is, I only started a few years ago. Sure, I drew a LOT as a kid, and had many of those cheap watercolor sets, but I didn’t like painting. Not enough control. I preferred crayons. Fast forward 20…