For many people, yesterday was the first school day of a brand-new year. The first day of school is always exciting and for little ones who are going to school for the first time, it’s sometimes fearful. For parents, a mixture of sadness, fearfulness, hopefulness, gladness, and a fervent wish for a great school year […]
Feb 25, 2024
Of Poe and Poetry
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Sometimes, I think of them–those teachers who tried to instill a love of learning in the heads of high school students several decades ago. I remember many of them; in particular, the English teachers. Two teachers come to mind. Mrs. Duncan taught English to the third year students at Central High. She was a no-nonsense, […]
Aug 19, 2023
Learning Time
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School has started in my neck of the woods–children and teachers returning to fresh adventures, seeing old friends and making new ones. Hopefully, this will be a fun-filled, safe year for all. I wondered, as I looked out at bird baths this morning, if birds need to learn bird-things from their parents, or if it […]
Aug 15, 2022
School Daze
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Here in Arkansas, it’s back to school for many children this morning. And, teachers and school staff. The first day of school is always exciting and for little ones who are going to school for the first time, it’s sometimes fearful. For parents, a mixture of sadness, fearfulness, hopefulness, gladness, and a fervent wish for […]
Aug 17, 2021
Shadow on a Rock
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Are you all ready for a reprise of one of my spur of the moment mysteries? With school starting, I’m in a bookish mood, and since I’m a retired school teacher, well, here it is…a re-run of the first Miss Georgia mystery: Miss Georgia Lee closed her valise with a snap. Standing up from her […]
Jul 3, 2020
The Ride Was Bumpy, But Fun
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Maybe it’s because a virus has caused so much turmoil everywhere, especially in schools, or maybe it’s because I’m growing older and tend to look back sometimes, but, lately I’ve been thinking about a little one-room school my brother and I attended in northern Oklahoma– wheat, alfalfa, and cattle country. The school’s name was Valley […]
