Well, it’s the 6th day of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.org). I’ve written 10,154 words so far. At first it was work, but for some reason I’m getting more and more into it and like the story. I’m sure it will need a lot more work when done. It’s started out about the friendship of two 14 year old boys which I was going to stretch out into their adult lives, but … [Read more...] about New Novel and My Aunt Eleanor
Substituting
Well, I bit the bullet and will be substitute teaching in a special education classroom this Thursday at the high school in Burney. Probably could have as much work as I can handle, but the only thing I could think of was that I don’t want to go to work. I retired to avoid that. At the same time, I was thinking maybe working with kids again now and then might be … [Read more...] about Substituting
Bullying
There’s been a lot said about bullying, bullies, and the bullied recently, so I hope I’m writing something a little different. I’ve offered a number of suggestions for you to analyze and decide if it will work in your situation. I was bullied as a kid. Sometimes kids who are bullied become bullies themselves. Just like children who are abused become abusers themselves. … [Read more...] about Bullying
The Twenty Four Hour Father
My son changed the heading of our blog to 20 4 Hour Father and I thought maybe I should talk about that. I think about both my children often during the day even though they are now grown. But when they were kids my wife and I often talked about them and what we should or should not do in raising them. At night, when I couldn’t sleep, I’d think about something they’d done or … [Read more...] about The Twenty Four Hour Father
50 Year Class Reunion
Hard to believe that it’s been 50 years since I graduated from high school. Doesn’t feel like 50 years. It seems like the other day I was practicing and playing football at St. Mary’s High School. I played the first game on that football field as a freshman and saw the first varsity touchdown by Gary Podesto, who later became Mayor of Stockton. Ran against Eddie Chavez for … [Read more...] about 50 Year Class Reunion