We took an extremely quick trip to Greensboro recently and it brought with it more family fun than we expected. Drury Inn & Suites We decided to stay at Drury Inn & Suites on Gate City Blvd. When we checked in, the hotel realized that I had unintentionally booked the wrong room. I had booked …
A Final Lesson All Their Own Who was your Kindergarten teacher? 2nd grade? Middle school math? High school English? I bet you can tell me if you are 25. I bet you can tell me if you are 55, or 75, and every age in between. Teachers are heroes. They change lives and they go …
Atlantic Beach is one of our favorite places to visit. We stay in an incredibly affordable oceanfront condo in Indian Beach at Colony by the Sea. With a pool, super quick access to the beach, and a quaint, family friendly atmosphere it has been a perfect place for us over the years. The beach where …
Southern trees bear a strange fruitBlood on the leaves and blood at the rootBlack bodies swingin’ in the Southern breeze Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees ~ Abel Meeropol I will never forget hearing the recording of Billie Holiday’s famous voice come over the Intercom in my classroom when I was teaching high school. …
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. NPR’s This I Believe Years ago, I shared essays of belief with my students from NPR’s series This I Believe. One particularly powerful one is by Ronald Cotton …
Outside More Than Inside Growing up as a country kid, you were outside more than you were inside. You had some type of farm animal(s) in your backyard. Maybe even an incubator in the house. You know how to shuck corn and shell beans. Baskets full. You’ve picked your pumpkins, watermelons, cantaloupes, and strawberries right …
The Fisherman and the Farmer A Tribute to My Dad The Old Man and the Sea We’ve all heard of legends like Paul Bunyon and John Henry, and Richard Winslow is such a legend to me. I can remember reading The Old Man and the Sea as a kid and thinking that Ernest Hemingway must …
