Earlier this year, we got some chickens. We had talked about getting them but hadn’t super planned about when. I thought later in the year. But suddenly, Becca found them at the Co-Op. The kids got excited. I saw dollar signs. I often think about what kind of life I want my kids to grow …
Monthly Archives: August 2024
A Slowburn that Changed Your World
A little old man hobbles out of his house in a tizzy. His mailbox had just been knocked over by a child. The child, a thirty-something-year-old construction worker was just doing what he was told. “What’s the big idea?” screamed the senior in delirium. The young man just stood there, not sure how to respond …
Dust in the Eyes is Good for the Soul
Over the last few years of being a teacher, I have asked a lot of students to read mountains of pages that most Americans would see as a breaking of the Eighth Amendment. Some have balked at my requests. Some have silently refused them. Some have been brave enough to protest my requirements. While some …