"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." – Maya Angelou
A stage is a place to question things, to take BIG concepts like death and masculinity and racism and make them entry points for educational purposes. I learned that last night when I got to attend Guante's re-release of his book of poems, lyrics, and essays at Icehouse last night. And for $15 a ticket,... Continue Reading →
For the whole morning, I've been trying to snap out of "it". It being my demeanor when I get in a conflict funk. When I feel the discontent of winter in every ounce of my body. When I want to laugh and be fun, but I didn't sleep well last night, and I just... Continue Reading →
The story of James McBride, a black man with a white mother, was recommended to me and my students by my colleague Chris who came in last year to do a book talk about a book he loved. I had never heard of the story, even though memoir is my favorite genre. How McBride knits together... Continue Reading →
In January, I shared that I combined my love for planning and saving money by creating 15 Chinook Book Dates we could try throughout the year. January got busy, we were sick, and we didn't make it happen. But we did get to go see both Murder on the Orient Express and The Post. Neither with... Continue Reading →
As I write this, I'm about halfway through Whole 30 (detoxing and cleaning up the way I eat), and now I'm about to detox my house. If you haven't heard of Marie Kondo yet, she is becoming more and more famous as the world's best tidying consultant and expert on the Japanese art of decluttering... Continue Reading →
For some additional graduate level credits and CEUS this year, I am taking a class called SEED offered through my district. We meet once a month, talk about equity and education topics, and rotate each month who teaches. My group was up this month, and our goal, which I think we achieved, was to offer... Continue Reading →
December was a bit of a rough month with the D&C surgery. So, when a friend from my freshman floor at Bethel posted information on how to score tickets to Jimmy Fallon, I knew I wanted to try. In my opinion, his decision to film The Tonight Show live from Minneapolis after the Super Bowl... Continue Reading →
Any story about motherhood captures my attention pretty quickly. And this one has the perk of being set in Minneapolis. In it, a 26-year-old pregnant native woman named Cedar Hawk Songmaker, adopted by very white, liberal, vegan parents, faces a new wave of politics in the U.S. when evolution is being called into question and... Continue Reading →
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