Farewell, Students. For the past three years, in my “retirement phase,” I have been teaching Chinese children online. This was never something I had planned to do, as I had reservations (and maybe pre-conceived notions) about teaching children from this Communist country. Even though I had taught hundreds of students from Asia, finding them engaging […]
Category: good-byes
My Stars are on a Different Orbit.
As i stood on the porch, sweaty and miserable, I let the tears roll down my face as they wished. And something dark and small felt like it was beginning to grow deep inside me.
Starting Over. No Rules.
I just trashed a bunch of stuff from this blog and also a few pages that I had to add to this site. Why? I’m quitting, Yes, I quit. I have to. I found out, unfortunately, that I am not on a healthy path, and part of it means I need to start this blog […]
Waiting for the School Bell
As I write today, I realize why my moods have been introspective, and I have had to fight the Bad Critic when I thought I have been experiencing a reprieve. I woke up Sunday morning, and like two big globs of dark jelly, depression hit me hard in the face. There’s no reason for this, […]
I’m Not Seeing Pretty Today.
Today is June 13, 2018, and it was the last day of my teaching career which began in the fall of 1993. I had just graduated from Millersville University with a master’s in English, and I headed to the community college to teach a night class. I was lucky enough to get one class a […]
