Another 365 days have passed and the noise of 2011 will peak at the drop of the New Year's ball this evening. I have learned one thing t...

And I am finally catching up with the times through the purchase of an Apple IPhone and the introduction of Angry Birds, Words with Friends,...

Lots of good news yesterday, including a new puppy, Cynde's birthday, and possibliy...POSSIBLY...an offer on my house that will go throu...

Well, IzzyBella, you are entering a wonderful home of love, hectic noise, chaos, cleaning frenzies, and bizarre reenactments where your new ...

I have never been able to go to Lights on the Lake, but yesterday I walked it with my friend Rhiannon and it was a nice, post Christmas expe...

And as the record books take note of another holiday, I am most sure this will be a more memorable one. It's all good.

My favorite xmas song made in to beatbox. Go 21st century remix, baby. And have a blessed, beautiful, and magical day.

My favorite Christmas special ever is not a theatrical production. Go U.S.A! Keep it corny and keep it real! I want to be in a production of...

Got to see Nikki in an early run through of her JV show dedicated to the Taj Mahal. Rumor is the backdrop is amazing and, for a preview peak...

We dangle carrots before us in odd ways. Rumor has it that THE HOBBIT will premier in December, 2012. Although it is not the same story of T...

I was thinking about Sammy Hagar as cars flew by me going 75 mph today on 95. The speed limit is 55, I think, maybe 65, but I was driving sl...

When I returned from Syracuse, my administrative assistant, Lois, decorated my office so I would feel like home. I complained about the awfu...

The year of Charlie Sheen. That is how the last 365 days might best be remembered. Winning. Got to love the ability to rewrite a classic! Fu...

Not that I want to shovel, but I feel like I should have a reason to be trapped inside grading all day. When I ran, I learned it was cold, b...

I was introduced to another story of ridiculous items for cheap prices. It is Ollie's meets Big Lots and, for a stupid mind like mine, I...

For years, I have listened to Natalie Merchant when I needed just the right words. The words are few but the images of laughter, advice. lis...

I listened to Tom Brokaw's THE TIMES OF OUR LIVES on my way home yesterday where he reflected on his history, his personal witnesses, th...

She is now singing. Another day has been delivered. Bryan

This is all that is going through my head. That, and the fact that 12/13/11, 1 to 3, the 3,2,1 of the last four years will race through its ...

Sue McV and I went to see Lady Smith Black Mambazo when I first lived in Kentucky. I remember the concert at the Kentucky Center of the Arts...

One of the best parts of December is driving to and from locations at night and seeing the light displays on houses. I do my own home in whi...

When I was a kid, Silver and Gold seemed like a dry song sung by a plump snowman, but now that I'm older, I see it as a classic part of ...

My colleague and two of her graduate students led a community event last night over the reading of Kathryn Erskine's MOCKINGBIRD. I read...

Here's my Tuesday morning rant. Standardization. Do we really want this? I'm talking about standardized testing en masse....where ki...

My Fairfield composers submitted six-word memoirs on a brief mini-lesson on digital possibilities. I upload them today to share with the no...

I am always late to the arena. Perhaps that is why I didn't pick up THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins until my flight back from Florid...

Someone needs to work on a classier Holiday song for Friday. I do agree, though, that xmas in Florida would be extremely strange - the palm ...

I took a break from the conference to drive to St. Augustine and went for a run from the ol' Brown School La Fiesta to the pier and back...

I thought of this video yesterday on my way home from the conference when I was stuck in traffic in I-95 in Jacksonville. I'm still not ...

One of the hightlights of the Literacy Research Association from this point on will be my reunions with my mentor, chair, advisor, and all-a...