It’s been a busy month. I haven’t posted in nearly three weeks, and that is really a record for me. I usually post something about writing or at least something about my writing journey every week. I’ve been slacking. Actually, I’ve been insanely busy. I’m in the middle of working on the third book inContinue reading “School Started, So…”
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A Little Inspiration from King Solomon
Every Wednesday night I take my three teens and one elementary child to church. The little one goes to AWANA clubs while my older three go to youth service. Our youth minister Scott Buck taught about the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon’s account of his exploration of the meaning of life. No. It’s not 42.Continue reading “A Little Inspiration from King Solomon”
Feeding Squirrels: Taking AP Students to Do Research at a College Library
Yesterday I took my AP students to the University of Oklahoma Bizzell Library to do research for their critical perspectives paper. Their assignment is to read a canonized novel of their choosing and then write an analytical research paper viewing that text through a critical lens (i.e. Marxist, Feminist, New Historical). Each year I take a groupContinue reading “Feeding Squirrels: Taking AP Students to Do Research at a College Library”
Writing Is Hard Work 