I forgot about the fascination with snow until I saw three sweet children descend upon a small patch in a shaded corner. There was no...

The conservatory at the NY Botanical Garden is hosting an orchid show. I wandered through rooms of lush rainforest filled with orchids....

Nick Cave is an artist with an excellent exhibition at the Guggenheim. "I'm very interested in this kind of reimagining and repositioning...

Extra light came through the window. The voices of men talking. Sound of machinery. Who is doing construction at 1:00 am on a side street...

I read a post about some of the stress caused by tracking teenagers with a tracking app through the iPhone. I am quite relieved I just...

Inspired by Fran McVeigh's post titled Conundrum, my thoughts immediately went back to a scary moment this summer. I have grown up near...

Every day I sit with my third-grade students at lunch. I eat earlier, so I can sit back, relax, and either listen or talk to the...

By accident I finally have a room that works for orchids. It's amazing to see these lovely plants return time after time with new blooms....

As I sit here trying to decide to what to write about I am probably feeling the bewilderment my students feel about what to write about....

During an assembly, I listened to three adults speak about their experiences living in a different country before they came to the United...

It's so much fun to see my students while they are engaged in an activity outside of school. I enjoy witnessing their struggles and...