I’m not a science teacher. However, as the “secondary teacher” and “lead teacher” of a three-teacher school (two classroom and one special education), I had no choice regarding middle school science. For this group (six kids ranging from fifth to eighth grade), I had to wing it. I knew that nobody would judge me too […]
Planes, ferries, and the occasional automobile
For about three years I traveled eight times a year between Craig and small communities in Southwestern Alaska. First, I would take the ferry (45-minute drive plus three hours on the boat) or a small plane (30 minutes total but expensive) to Ketchikan. Then, I would sometimes spend the night at my mother-in-law’s house. I […]
I live in Alaska but it isn’t cold.
I spent my first ten Alaska years in Anchorage where we got some A-for-effort winters, but even there the Gulf Stream is a tempering influence. My only visit to Fairbanks was at high noon, so to speak, when the flowers were just everywhere and the sun hardly went below the horizon. So the odds were […]
Call me anything but late for dinner.
I am waiting in the chair for the dentist to come pull a tooth; this is my first such experience since all four wisdom teeth at age nineteen. At nineteen I was pretty much awed by medical people in general, and I willingly accepted the basic inequity of “Dr. Jones,” and “Evelyn” as mutual forms […]
Welcome to my blog.
I’m going to use this site to share my thoughts, experiences and general musings about life.