Updated 10:31 p.m. Bellatrix is stuck in Oakland, CA. 😦 I did a Google image search for what life looks like in Oakland, as I have never been there, and here’s what I came up with: Now, I’ve never been to Oakland, so I did a quick fact/stat search of the area…Is it really as…

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Updated 10:31 p.m. It finally happened. I have been waiting over three years for this day, and here we are. A M A Z I N G. . . . . For those of you who don’t know, I am obsessed with LOST, the tv show on Wednesday nights (well, it used to be on…

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Updated 9:47 p.m. Ok. I have no pictures today, and I am really beating myself up over this one. So I’m going to have to be a little more descriptive in bringing this wonderful day to life on virtual paper. 🙂 The morning began with a wonderfully intense writing session on my novel, Cold Rock,…

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Enjoy! This is my first film, and I know it’s a little rough…But I had a blast putting it together!

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I had the great fortune of watching the inauguration in its entirety with my advanced composition students today. For the most part, they took the event quite seriously, writing excerpts and reactions in their daybooks as our 44th president delivered his inaugural address. Class began about 36 minutes before the president-elect was to take the…

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I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be, you’re gonna give your love to me, I will love you night and day, know our love not fade away I spent the greater part of the morning poring over old photos. Most of them were from the seventies and the eighties, when I was a little…

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The family sleeps still. It is a little after 8 a.m., and just as is the case every year, my children finally succumb to the need for rest and let go of the anxiousness of the season. It has been a busy few weeks. They need the rest, and I cherish the quiet to read…

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I was pulled over the other day by a Baltimore City police officer, and I saw something I’ve never seen before in a cop’s eyes: fear. About 30 minutes before I was pulled over, K-Man called me and said his car wouldn’t start. I told him I could leave in five minutes to pick him…

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Friends: I will be taking another sabbatical from my blog for at least two months, if not longer. My writing energies have shifted to several book-length projects that require much of my remaining free time after teaching and spending time with my family. I could not be happier with the writing and the teaching I…

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It’s winding down. Coming to an end. Wrapping up. No matter how you put it, my summer vacation ends in 48 hours, when teachers report back to the classroom for a week of professional development, meetings, and, most important, planning time to get ready for the new school year. 48 hours. At least 20 of…

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