This Teacher: Career Moves (8/29)

Sometime in March or April (it doesn’t matter), I called a college friend of mine who is a teacher and asked her a simple, but probing question: “From the beginning, tell me about your day–your best parts, your worst parts, and everything in between. What do you do all day?” We were on the phone […]

Random Catharsis: What the Thieves Stole (7/5)

Although it’s been nearly a year since our house was broken into, this is the first time that I’ve really said what I’ve been thinking and feeling. For my sensitive readers, I want to warn and apologize for the colorful language I’ll be using in this post. I’ve had and will have better days–just not today. Background: […]

Just Because: House Bill 2 (4/30)

To be honest, I may be one of the least qualified people to talk about this hot button issue (I’m not a registered voter in North Carolina), but I’m going to give my opinion anyway–that’s what you came for, isn’t it? As I understand it, North Carolina’s HB2 is a heated debate about which bathroom […]

What I’m Reading Wednesday: Benjamin (3/23)

Since I’ve skimped on you this week, I’ll add a bit more to this one for you (I hope that puts us back on good terms). To make it a little easier to read, I’ve split this into three sections (just in case you want to get right to the literary part): backstory, opinion, and then […]

Just Because: Churches of the South (3/13)

You’re probably thinking Southern Baptist? I’m telling you now that this post isn’t about that. In fact, it’s not really even about religion at all, at least not in the traditional sense. For the tenth or fifteenth time, I have to remind you that I grew up in the South. And although Florida is as […]