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Maybe, Maybe Not

Posted in dating, hiking, meet and greet, teacher, confidence, introvert, library, Meet-up, Depression, Masters' degree, Elite Singles, educationLeave a comment

(re-run) Sabrina had a master’s degree and a professional job.  She went online to meet a guy with an equal education. She tried a site called Elite Singles.  She found Curtis, and they talked on the phone a few times. They decided to get together for a meet and greet. Curtis had been a teacher.… Continue reading Maybe, Maybe Not

Tartan Plaids and an Angry Boy

Posted in anger management, chorus, GAP, grandma, memoir, Monterey county, plaid, power company, tartan plaid, teacher, thrift stores, weather, winterLeave a comment

Monday afternoon the power went out in Monterey. There were high winds. I ran to the Goodwill after working in the wind, picking up pine cones, twigs, tree moss, and branches, and will have to do it again the next time I go down there to check on my little house. While I was there,… Continue reading Tartan Plaids and an Angry Boy

Dieting, Body Image, and Stay Out of my Business

Posted in memoir, teaching, college, weight loss, teacher, mental health, diet, pregnancy, anorexia, bulimia, mental illness, restricting, body image, Karen Carpenter1 Comment

(re-run) “Are you going to eat all of that?” I was sitting at a table in the teachers’ lounge, my lunch spread out before me. There was a sandwich, a red apple, carrot sticks and a glass of juice, maybe a chocolate or two. Why was the teacher I barely knew commenting on my lunch?… Continue reading Dieting, Body Image, and Stay Out of my Business

Challenger Explosion and Subbing in San Diego

Posted in memoir, teaching, California, Mexico, Spanish, teacher, baby, Tijuana, Spanish class, Ramona, ESL, space shuttle, newlywed, English as a Foreign LanguageLeave a comment

It was a Tuesday, my third week of substitute teaching in Ramona, California.  The Middle School Spanish teacher before me had left in October after a former student told her counselor that he had sexually molested her while on his high school track team. The teacher was terminated, and the string of substitute teachers began.… Continue reading Challenger Explosion and Subbing in San Diego

The Tennis Shoe and the Broken Window

Posted in classmates, college, high school, Iowa, Iowa State University, locker room, memoir, physical fitness, physical fitness award, softball, teacher, windowLeave a comment

(re-run) It was senior year in high school. I was on my last semester of PE, my least favorite class. I maintained a straight-A average in all other classes. Not PE. It alternated between a B and a C. I was feeling good. We were in our next-to last unit, the physical fitness award. I… Continue reading The Tennis Shoe and the Broken Window

Dieting, Body Image, and Stay Out of my Business

Posted in memoir, teaching, college, weight loss, teacher, mental health, diet, pregnancy, anorexia, bulimia, mental illness, restricting, body image, Karen CarpenterLeave a comment

(re-run) “Are you going to eat all of that?” I was sitting at a table in the teachers’ lounge, my lunch spread out before me. There was a sandwich, a red apple, carrot sticks and a glass of juice, maybe a chocolate or two. Why was the teacher I barely knew commenting on my lunch?… Continue reading Dieting, Body Image, and Stay Out of my Business

The Tennis Shoe and the Broken Window

Posted in classmates, college, high school, Iowa, Iowa State University, locker room, memoir, physical fitness, physical fitness award, softball, teacher, windowLeave a comment

(re-run) It was senior year in high school. I was on my last semester of PE, my least favorite class. I maintained a straight-A average in all other classes. But not in PE. It alternated between a B and a C. I was feeling good. We were in our next-to last unit, the physical fitness… Continue reading The Tennis Shoe and the Broken Window

Grandma’s Basement

Posted in basement, childhood, confidence, dungeon, grandma, grandpa, kindergarten, memoir, playpen, sarcasm, shame, teacher, wringer washerLeave a comment

(re-run) My grandpa and his dad built a house into the side of a hill. The main floor had three small bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room and stairs to the kitchen below. The kitchen looked out over the hill down to the creek and had windows and a back door with a screen door.… Continue reading Grandma’s Basement

Mass Shootings in the News

Posted in assault weapons, basketball, Facebook, gender, gender roles, memoir, Mitch Mc Connell, NRA, Steve Kerr, teacher, teacher shortage, teaching, U., U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. SenateLeave a comment

My daughter and her husband have no network TV. A week and a half after the Uvalde shootings, I have to say that it might’ve been a good thing to miss all of it when I was there to meet my grandson. Now I’m back, and the pile of newspapers have been read. I’ve seen… Continue reading Mass Shootings in the News

Maybe, Maybe Not

Posted in confidence, dating, Depression, education, Elite Singles, hiking, introvert, library, Masters' degree, meet and greet, Meet-up, teacherLeave a comment

(re-run) Sabrina had a master’s degree and a professional job.  She decided to go online to meet a guy with an equal education. She tried a site called Elite Singles.  She found Curtis, and they talked on the phone a few times. They decided to get together for a meet and greet. Curtis had been… Continue reading Maybe, Maybe Not