by Dawn | Jan 1, 2014 | gratitude
“We’re out of meat.” That normally doesn’t affect me. It was the last day of the year. Vegetarians don’t ring in the new year with dead creatures, but meat makes the others happy. I like to make others happy. Being unable to wave my magic...
by Dawn | Dec 20, 2013 | family
Friday. TGIF. The last day…before Christmas break. The world is rejoicing. We…just…have…to…survive…today. I brought the gifts I made for my advisory students yesterday. Getting a jump on Christmas, like most of America. I forgot two...
by Dawn | Nov 11, 2013 | Teaching
I’m having a nice night with my husband. We’re sitting on the couch watching Grease, one of the best movies of all time. Couch movie watching is the pinnacle of good nights when you have a mutant six-year old who doesn’t go to sleep....
by Dawn | Oct 19, 2013 | family, parenting
“MOM! Brittany’s got a gaming system!” Declan came running into the room. Here’s the part in the conversation where I’m supposed to be indignant. “Yeah. She has a gaming system.” “Why don’t I have a gaming...
by Dawn | Sep 17, 2013 | Teaching
I found the following question on Quora. I had to answer. Why do schools teach history instead of something more practical? When and why did the governments across the world decide to add history as a subject And why does it have to be history instead of some other...
