Dori Reads

I'm working this week with fifteen fifth graders, helping them prepare for their state writing test next week. It has been fun and exhau...

There is a story in the old testament of a woman named Ruth. You are probably familiar with the lines from the story that are often read o...

I didn’t think I would get angry. Whatever gave me the idea I was immune from the full gamut of human emotions, I don’t know. Maybe it was...

 For more Poetry Friday, stop over with Sheri Doyle , our host this week. During the month of January, my blog posts have been primarily ...

Herman Davis Reynolds 1927-2013 Daddy loved taking pictures. Here in Vienna, Austria, while in the Army. A place he always wanted to go b...

  Our Poetry Friday host today is Tara at  A Teaching Life . A Clear Midnight by Walt Whitman This is thy hour O Soul, thy free ...

I appreciate my children adding their thoughts to this process. The timing this week has been good, too. I needed a break, and I have a maga...