Today, I am sharing Angela Gorecki Hamilton’s story. She teaches reading and math at Huth Road Elementary School in Grand Island, New York. This is the fifth story in my series about teachers, their work, the things that they share with their students, and the things that bring them joy.  How did you decide to […]

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”–the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1957) Today is the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. It is a day of service and a day to remember a man who made a big difference

Last Sunday, I announced a photo caption contest by saying: “It’s time for some audience participation sort of fun in this blog. I have posted two pictures below. Your task is to make up captions for the pictures. They can be serious, silly, poetic, or anything that you like. Use your imagination, and have fun.

Note: On January first, I started a new photography project. I will take at least one photograph a day for the entire year, following a program called the 52-week photography challenge for 2017. It is being organized by Dogwood Photography, located in Wilmington, North Carolina. Dogwood Photography operates a photography school in Wilmington and it runs

Today’s topic recommendation from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is process. How do you do what you do? Share the process. Today, I will talk about the process of creating a photo essay. Here are my steps: 1. choose the topic 2. schedule for a day when there’s plenty of free time for the outing. 3.

If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until it gets so ugly you can hardly bear to look at it. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.

Note:  Today, I looked for a blogging prompt and I found this question on the SITS girls website for January 11th: “What makes you feel beautiful?” I almost started looking for another blogging prompt. My appearance has been an issue for me for years. I was bullied in school and was told that I was

It’s time for a fractured fairy tale. So I present you with my version of Little Red Riding Hood, known here as “Little Red Running Hood.” I am bringing it into the 21st century, specifically 2017 North America. Once upon a time, there was a young girl, named Marie, who liked to run. She was

Note:  The Ultimate Blogging Challenge is in its ninth day. In my email today, I got this message: “Let people in on your life with some photographs.” I thought, that sounds good and I chose to share a bunch of pictures of insects and spiders with you. You’re probably asking, “Why are insects and spiders

It’s time for some audience participation sort of fun in this blog. I have posted two pictures below. Your task is to make up captions for the pictures. They can be serious, silly, poetic, or anything that you like. Use your imagination, and have fun. Just make sure to enter because my captions (picture number