Oh, the glorious question that comes around this time each year. What to be for Halloween.
Already this year I’ve been Wolverine and an 80’s girl. I’m going to dress up at Rosie the Rivetter for school on Monday.Read More »What To Be for Halloween
Today I ran a Superhero 5k in support of the Guardian ad Litem Foundation (GAL). Registering for and running organized races that support good causes is one of the ways I give back to the community, and this one was too fun to pass up!Read More »Superhero 5k
Open Streets St. Pete was today! Many of the downtown streets were closed to cars, and people walked, biked, unicycled, rode horses, skateboarded, etc… down the streets.
It was lovely.Read More »Open Streets St. Pete 2016
Since I had the day off work today, I decided to take myself out to lunch. On the walk back, an older homeless woman was struggling with her electric cart. I asked her if she needed any help. Read More »To Serve and Protect
During my last period of the day, drama happened. The pants one of my male students was wearing fell a little lower than they should have. While he accidentally resembled a stereotypical plumber, a couple of girls looked that way and laughed. The boy got pissed off.
Evaluation day. That day a teacher puts a little extra into her planning to make things perfect.
I did, and then the dog ate it.Read More »Rough Start
Last week I had a couple of meetings to go to during lunch. While on my way to meeting number two, I saw a girl I had in class last year. She was visibly upset. Her face was blotchy with crying, though she was trying to get herself back under control.
I approached her, and I said the only words I could think to say: “Are you Ok?”
The other day I was walking down Central Avenue. As I walked, two homeless men passed me on the left. I heard a bit of their conversation as they passed me by.
It was powerful.
St. Pete’s Central Avenue Solstice celebrates the rising and setting of the sun along Central Avenue. (Nevermind that this astrological coincidence actually occurs on the equinox.) It consists of stores opening early, music playing along the avenue, painting the Nomad Art Bus, and more.
It’s events like this that make me grateful to live in St. Pete.