I’m trying to sort of THINK about getting back into a cooking and organizing routine so I can ease back into the chaos of teaching. This week, I went to the Farmer’s Market at 10:30 am because I stayed up until…

I really shouldn’t complain because the rain helps keep the temperatures down. But when the rain evaporates, we are left with jungle crud. Running in swampy air isn’t fun, but it’s all I’ve got to work with right now. It has…

1. The heat has obviously scrambled my brain. I went to WalMart…in the middle of the day. If I must go to wally world, I do it before school when nobody is there or early on the weekend. Today, I ventured…

As often happens, when I get back from vacation and have some downtime before school starts back, I go into hibernation mode. I don’t look at school work. I don’t think about school. I completely IGNORE school. Teaching is my passion…

My Thankful Thursday topic is easy to explain this week I still have trouble believing that is me. When my edition came in the mail, I did a big jumping girl screaming fit. Then I checked to make sure that was…

Vacation is over. The laundry is still waiting to get sorted. I have managed to go grocery shopping and refill the refrigerator. I have worked through most of the pictures and posts. (For those who may be confused, I’m backdating the…

This campground has sites on the outer loop that are more secluded than those on the inner circle. They have more shade, as well. We were at site 9 and it had river access, too. Once again, we seemed to have…

This is our last full day in Telluride, so we needed to stretch our legs and get in a good climb.  This morning, we got an early start for a half day climb up to Ophir Pass. This is a 2,000ft…

After we spent the morning in town, we drove up to Alta Lakes for some fishing and reading. I was deeply involved in a Nora Roberts book and the weather was perfect for some lake side sitting and reading. On the…

Finally, I got to see a Farmer’s Market in Telluride! The previous years, we stayed Sunday-Thursday and the market is on Friday. I was not going to miss this! This is one of the most progressive cities in the sustainable food…