Fall, 1963. Hawthorne Elementary School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Classroom of Mrs. Vivian Sandstrom, quite possibly the nicest second-grade teacher there ever was. Mrs. Sandstorm was putting together a bit of a skit for the advanced reading group. One member of said group kept offering “helpful” suggestions and comments. Finally, Mrs. Sandstrom returned to… Continue reading Following Gracefully
Category: Memoir
Pieces of June
Some of you will remember June 2012 as the month of the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the Affordable Care Act or the Arizona immigration law. Others will remember it for
Leaving Mr. Wonderful Behind
I brought Mr. Wonderful back to my room on Thursday night. Then I discarded him on Saturday morning. I got Mr. Wonderful at the annual St. Davids Christian Writers’ Conference auction that benefits the conference scholarship fund. He’s a real doll, and says all kinds of things people think women
Of Puff the Blue Kitten and Reliving the Past
It was actually my sister’s book, not mine, and I didn’t have much use for it as a child. Puff the Blue Kitten was one of the Little Golden Book series that got its start in 1942. Puff