What Sinks Your Boat?

What Sinks Your Boat?

I have an after-school meeting with the kids. 10 minutes in the rarely-used living room to have a snack, get forms signed, report on school, and discuss the plan for the remainder of the day before I let them loose and return to work. “And new business to...

Talking to the Principal

Joseph and another boy got pulled aside in the hall for goofing around on the way in from recess. They were taking turns knocking the kickball from each other. The teacher who reprimanded about appropriate behavior in the hallway then said to the other boy that Joseph...
New Look

New Look

Joseph found a fedora today and I bought it for him, along with some new shades and a shirt so ugly it’s cool. It couldn’t have clashed any more with the plaid shorts, but he’s basking in the cool all afternoon. Overheard: Joseph: You can wear a...

Dinner Music

J: “Wait! This could easily be either banjo music from far away…Or–music from a Chinese thrift shop. Yeah–there’s an old lady, reading a book. An old lady with poofy hair and glasses, like: ‘Can I help you?'” [wpvideo xF9kpSpy...
Joseph Writes: Boom, Pow, Bang!

Joseph Writes: Boom, Pow, Bang!

Boom, pow, bang! The French and Indian War was starting. In my opinion, the French and Indian War is the most important event because it helped the British win land. This caused the British to tax the colonists to maintain the land. They did not like that and it was a...