7.1.24 I’ve spent a good chunk of time these past few days reveling in my comic book collection. I’m finally cataloging my collection, and I’ve been focused on getting my graphic novels put into a spreadsheet so I’m ready for Montreal Comic-Con this weekend. While doing this, I was thinking about how, a few years …
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Nineteen Kiddos
Nineteen kiddos aren’t being jostled out of bed this morning. They aren’t rubbing their eyes, complaining for just a few more minutes of sleep. They aren’t grumbling as they stumble into the bathroom. Nineteen kiddos aren’t getting dressed this morning. They aren’t leaving their pajamas in the middle of the bedroom floor for someone else …
Frozen Out of an Education
In my school’s after-school program yesterday, I was placed with the kindergarten and first grade group. Fifteen kiddos settled in to learn a bit about the Arctic. Whether the teacher in charge of the group planned this in coordination with the weather coming straight from the North Pole or not, I can’t say for sure. …
Three Things, Day 11: A Song, a Quote & a Troll
Gratitude #1:I work three days a week in my school’s after-school program. For the uninitiated, after-school programs have a bit of a Wild West feel to them. Kids tend to feel unencumbered by the rules of the regular school day as they roam the late-afternoon playground prairie. Staff do their level best to round up …
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Three Things, Day 9: Writing, Eating & Pronouns
Gratitude #1:I’m not yet at the point where Three Things is part of my daily writing practice. I’m not even back at the point yet where the act of writing is part of my daily writing practice. In fact, there are really only two pieces of my writing practice right now: 1) feeling guilty for …
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