The district where I work had students in the grades I teach start back to school this week on Monday. It’s been … interesting. I can’t speak to whether this can be generalized to anyone else’s experience—this write up is just what my week has been like. First, like many other things the last six … Read more
The Kid discovered that pushing the water towards the wall of the pool would make it splash out. It seems this took a long time to discover. I was fresh out of the cold water, sitting in the corner on the deck, trying to stay dry = good incentive to figure out how to splash … Read more
The Kid and I went for a walk in the neighborhood. “If you see anything you’d like me to take a picture of, let me know.” “How about this tree?” It’s a nice tree. And I like the howling coyote on the window grate in the background. I really like this tree. I’ve lived here … Read more
I love the desert. “I wouldn’t go there; it’s just brown everywhere,” a friend back east told me before I moved out here. It’s different, for sure. And beautiful. In the seasons when more plants are thriving, it’s more conventionally beautiful. Even now, as a brutal-even-for-Phoenix summer is gasping its last breaths (we hope!), and … Read more