Good-Bye October!

"The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves." - Sara Teasdale

Crazy Teacher on Crazy Hair Day

When you work in a K-12 school everyone gets to enjoy the special events surrounding Homecoming, Halloween, Veteran's Day, the school carnival, a…

August Photos Earn Honorable Mention

I learned of the annual photo contest sponsored by the Friends of the Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge when I stumbled across their website afte…

Dad...This One if For You!

I am remembering my dad today on his birthday. If he was with us today he would be ecstatic over the idea that we could bring the singers he loved i…

The River Mile

J A is studying the ecosystem of her native land on "The River Mile". The National Park Service sponsors a program on the Columbia River cal…

Making Grape Jam in Record Time

We had harvested our grapes over a week ago and knew we needed to get some jam made soon. I discovered yesterday we didn't have enough of the sup…

Sibling Assignment #79: Well... Scratch my Yahtzee!

I assigned the sibling assignment this week. " Many hours of our childhood were spent playing games . Share a memory that involved playing a gam…

Z2 On To State!

Congratulations to my niece Z2. She started cross country this year as a freshman at Kellogg High School. Friday she qualified for the State Cross Co…

26 Things Challenge

I found a photo challenge on this site here called the 26 Things Challenge. Each participant is to take a picture for each letter of the alphabet. I …