I need to get out of this rut, What am I doing getting all barred down? So much to do and I’m crumbling. This is so unlike me! I need to focus… Remember the dreams? What are you doing about them? Why have you lost your way? You are counted on and the procrastination has to stop! Pick yourself up and raise your proud head! … Continue reading Rising From The Ashes

This activity was inspired by George Ella Lyon’s Where I’m From poem. My students participated in creating poems about where they were from and I wrote alongside them. The original poem starts with “I am from clothespins,…” Where I’m From I’m also from clothespins, no electricity and bathing in the creek. I am the apple branch and my grandmother’s anger, that left a lasting bruise … Continue reading Where I’m From