For nothing in particular, but everything. For teaching me how to throw that softball, cast that line, mow in perfectly straight rows. For having the patience to show me the details of a perfectly lighted Christmas tree, a delicately pruned tree, and a meticulously organized garage. (I’m still working on that one…)

(This post was written on 5/26) ********* There –  I did it. I finally said it. I’ve always depended on a prolific vocabulary to keep me from uttering vulgarities on such a public site.  I delight in profanity. Truly. And though I tend to keep it tucked away behind closed doors, the

This is the story about how I made up an entirely new identity. And why I chose not to take Scott’s name…. Romeo and Juliet is my favorite text to teach. Maybe I have an emotional attachment, as it is the first text I taught at Hampton High School in the winter