Gifted and Talented Youngsters: Enrichment for Future Dreams

Today was a very special day in the life of my little 9 year old Leigha Colby.  She is my middle daughter, sometimes feels left out, yet like all of my children has a special talent or gift.  Where my oldest son Conner is gifted in deep love for others and my oldest daughter Kaylee

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 group

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the BB Gun Shooting Range

I know this post doesn’t have much to do with writing, but I had to share this story. I was out driving around with a friend yesterday through Oklahoma City and we were tooling down Reno.  Just as we drove under an overpass to a major freeway, we saw a white headed elderly woman and