During our 11-day trip to the West Coast last month, we visited a total of six bookstores, including three in one day in San Fransisco. Upon returning to Connecticut, we…

Pirate's Booty is a puffed corn and rice snack that my children and students eat often. One of my favorite questions to ask these kids while eating this snack is…

Every month I report the progress of my yearly goals in order to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable.   The following are the results from…

My family and I were recently on vacation in San Francisco. During our trip, we attended lectures in the Muir Woods – a forest of redwood trees – and Alcatraz…

A few weeks ago, while visiting friends on Whidbey Island on the west coast, Charlie went fishing in the ocean for the first time. After fishing for about an hour…

I played golf yesterday morning with an 83-year-old guy named Gus before our school district's convocation. I'd never met him before, but I caught up to him on the second…

Today, I begin my 25th year of teaching. Summer has come to a close, which isn't easy. As much as I love my job, I admittedly enjoy the long, relatively…

A few years ago, I was working with formerly incarcerated men who now work in public schools, connected and supporting teenagers in hopes of helping them avoid the same mistakes…

More than a decade ago, a reader accused me of being materialistic after I wrote about my lack of a favorite number, specifically criticizing me for saying that when it…

While on vacation in San Fransisco, I taught Charlie how to play setback. Also known as pitch or high-low-jack. Not surprisingly, he took to the game as quickly as he…