When the Moon Blocks Out the Sun: through the eyes of 7th graders

Looking at my blog over the last month, you can tell EXACTLY when school started. My daily posts have come to a stop. My middle school life has taken over, and there isn’t much room for anything else. In the language of high tech, I don’t have enough bandwidth. Suddenly my lazy mornings are squeezed…

Wander through a messy garden; dig up some writing ideas

I woke up thinking about my vegetable garden.  It’s a mess.  The cilantro was a brilliant flash in the pan but now there are only brown, stubby reeds left.  The lettuce seems to be reaching for the sky — tall shoots with buds of flowers.  It really doesn’t look like lettuce anymore, but more like…