>>Eight years ago, my New Year’s resolution was to “try a new form of exercise.” That January I started yoga. Less than one month later,...[Read More]
Monthly Archives: December 2015
>>The other day, my eight-year-old asked if we could walk through the Christmas section at the store. He wanted to look at the lights, sniff...[Read More]
>>BY MELISSA GEIL & JENNIFER FERRIS An Argument For Elf on the Shelf: Melissa’s Story I was a hardcore anti-Elf on the Shelfer. Looking down...[Read More]
>> BY SARA COLM It’s time for NC to return to its tradition of welcoming newcomers. One year before Governor McCrory’s controversial demand that President...[Read More]
>> BY ASHLEY MCINTYRE The holiday season means a lot of things to different things to different people. Whether it’s an annual cross-country trip to...[Read More]
>>I started teaching right before a winter break twelve years ago, almost to the day. I’ve always said that if and when I left teaching,...[Read More]
>>You couldn’t make up a stranger tale if you tried: There are 14 Republican candidates running for the Party’s presidential nomination, and the front-runner is...[Read More]
>>A school district in Oklahoma recently produced and posted a >>powerful video about the state of teaching and the profound challenges that teachers face every...[Read More]
>>A few months ago, a >>Syrian toddler washed up on a frigid beach in Turkey and — for a minute — the entire world experienced...[Read More]
>>Growing up, I loved Christmas and especially Santa Claus. There was a magical quality, and the excitement was very real. Year after year, I remember...[Read More]