Do you have Writer’s Block? In a Slump? GO to the Source!

You know those free entertainment newspapers that almost every hip town or city has? You can pick them up weekly, and get the lowdown on your town, but in a more entertaining way than reading your local newspaper? In Anchorage, it’s called The Press and I’ve always wanted to write for it; that’s silly actually … More Do you have Writer’s Block? In a Slump? GO to the Source!

A Tribute to Singleships and True Love with Thineself

While I’ve always believed that Valentine’s Day represents the raw excess of Americana, there is also a side of me who believes that there is nothing wrong with celebrating the one that you love. Klimt’s The Kiss and an array of movie scenes come to mind such as when Lloyd Dobler is holding up his … More A Tribute to Singleships and True Love with Thineself

What is this about?

It’s ridiculous, my state of writing these days. I have something like 8 drafts cooking on subjects that range from insomnia to living in Fairbanks, AK to wining it up in Italy. I just got done staring at all of them-again. And again, not cooking with my soul. Even though I know that they will … More What is this about?

Originally posted on Book Quotes Hub:
Love yourself before all men, for everything in the world rests on self-interest. Crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 

Post Traumatic Winter Break Syndrome and the Contradiction

I get it. According to many people, educators have one of the best professions with regards to vacation time.  Further, now that I’m an administrator instead of a full-time teacher, I reduced my summer and gained more work days, but that also came with higher pay, and the same amount of vacation days during the … More Post Traumatic Winter Break Syndrome and the Contradiction