Halloween Eve

The Halloween lights are scattered over the door. In the window is a glaring Beware sign accompanied by a scary looking jack-o-lantern. The trick or treat bowls are overflowing and ready.   The witches hat cookies are ready for school. The goody bags are packed by the door. School Halloween is about to begin. Beware

The Future Of Grammar

As an educator this is an issue that distresses me almost daily. We now live in a time of texting, tweeting and quick social media blurbs that do not conform to any grammar or spelling rules.  Some days as I watch my students create a new piece of writing, I often wonder what writing will

Nonversation

So I was at a reading teaching workshop today and our first job was to figure out the meaning of some new words recently added to the Oxford dictionary. I am most fascinated by the word nonversation.  From someone who grew up in the 1970s and enjoyed the precomputer days as a teenager, this word

Halloween Candy

It was a bitter cold Halloween. The distressed wood pumpkin on the lawn had a frost buildup. The kids in costumes ran up and down the cul-de-sac oblivious to the frozen parents escorting them, praying for time to fly by. Her daughter clumsily ran up the stairs screaming with glee. The twins ran after her.