Diary of a Mad Art Teacher... and photographer...

We have had the inservice, the open house, put away the supplies, fired up the coffee pot and prepared our rooms..... so we have no choi...

So I sort of have lots and nothing much to say.....   this is my mood these days.  Which is mostly just fine with me.  Those who need to ...

Beginning a new school year always presents some challenges, but over all this one has been going pretty well.  I have huge High School cla...

New beginnings- a new year to come.  A friend of mine said she felt like this is way more like "New Year" than Jan. 1 and I defin...

Holy smokes I am exhausted right now...  It isn't so much the fact that I hauled myself out of bed indeed before 5 am (because I am craz...

I feel very torn today, and if you aren't a teacher, you won't really get it - on a cellular level.  It is the struggle between your...

Progress reports are due this morning - which means we are half way through the first quarter already.  If this is any indication of the sch...

I had absolutely planned to blog about my first week of school before this- this is pretty typical of most of my life.  I had PLANNED to do ...

I looked at the clock just now that was so surprised that it wasn't 10:00.  It feels like 10, I am tired enough for it to be 10- I forge...

Yep, a new school year is about to be off and running.  I flipped over the calendar, and apparently the season is about to change as wel...

IPhone photos- no edits- I have a boatload of pix to edit from my big camera Today was sort of the last official day of my sum...

There is a massive battle going on in my being right now.  My school persona is starting to intrude on the summer spirit that is me.  Of cou...

Well, that was a bitter disappointment!  I woke up today fully expecting to see some sunshine and BAM- clouds.  BIG SIGH.  I haven't bee...

I came up to the school doors yesterday and saw my reflection in the door.  I got my phone out of my bag and shot this single frame. ...

Last night was not a very good sleep night for me.  I have to learn to shut down my brain, but that isn't always possible.  The MA sugge...

The day is here, I am finally going to head back to work!  As you can imagine, I am a bit conflicted about this, but mostly it is a giant re...

HAPPY SEPTEMBER 1!! (Wow, I let that last depressing post sit on top of my blog WAY longer than I meant to.  OOPS.) I'd like to say ...

I have discovered that somewhere along the way here, it is still dark at 5 am now!  When the heck did this happen??  Oh yeah, that would be...

I have been at school-  that is about all. The weather has been yucky (I don't want to complain about it, but I certainly could), I ...

Tonight is our Open House at school- and I am not ready. I am ready for the kids and the parents to come in and look at me and my room, so...