Being messy comes to me naturally.  After imitating bees all day and cleaning my office and preparing for a large, neighborhood garage sale,  I sat down at my computer and felt pretty proud of myself. Yes, I felt the freedom to surf the blog world in a totally organized environment, free of nonessential debris.  I do so love ...

In the Christmas break, I am looking back at this blog’s growth and development. I began writing a little bit for the blog in February, but didn’t officially launch it for real until June. Since that time, growth has been pretty consistent. I now seem to regularly get a small number of comments for every article I write, with some ...

This past Tuesday, I took a day off of school. This is not normal for me, and I even had to fight my urge to go up to school and make sure things were running smoothly. I even drove up to the school and chose not to get out of the car. Why? Because I had [...]