August 2020

Left Behind

I’m still getting emails from my school even though I’m not working there this year. I haven’t disconnected it from my phone yet because I’m still getting a few messages from people who don’t know I’m not working this year and that information needs to be passed along to whoever is teaching my classes. So,Continue reading “Left Behind”

Review: Taylor Swift’s “folklore”

This album bangs. There’s no other way to say it. This album is great from start to finish. Go listen to it. Right now. Then come back and read this and agree with me. I don’t know if I’d call myself a Taylor Swift fan before this album, but I did like some of herContinue reading “Review: Taylor Swift’s “folklore””

Target

COVID has forced a number of changes in my life. Because of our son, we have severely limited our contact with the outside world and basically eliminated his. Outside of walks and going to the pool or my mother-in-laws, Rory doesn’t leave our house. It’s…repetitive. My wife and I haven’t gone out to eat inContinue reading “Target”

Review: Perry Mason

My inaugural review couldn’t be about a show I enjoyed any more than HBO’s Perry Mason. I never saw much of the original (more of a Matlock guy myself) but knew the premise. A lawyer takes on tricky cases and does some fancy lawyering to get his clients free. But this show didn’t start likeContinue reading “Review: Perry Mason”

Routines

Most people enjoy routines, me included. I don’t eat the same thing every morning or read the paper with my coffee while sitting on my porch while muttering about how the neighborhood just isn’t what it used to be, but I do like some level of consistency each day. I’ve tried to make Taco BellContinue reading “Routines”

Time

I’ve never had this much time on my hands before. I’ve had summers off from teaching but that’s usually filled with trying to do as many things as possible before school starts again. Now, for the first time really in my entire life, I have all the time in the world. I find myself feelingContinue reading “Time”

How did it come to this?

I love teaching. I’ve done it for ten years, and it’s become a part of my identity. I’m incredibly proud to say I’m a teacher and that I come from a family of teachers (three aunts, one uncle, one sister, one brother-in-law, and one cousin). But right now, teachers, and everyone else, are in unchartedContinue reading “How did it come to this?”