I saw this program on television this weekend that mentioned negative rights – the right to be without something. Right away I thought about cell phones. In this day and age, is it even possible to be free of this communication device? I personally don’t care for cell phones. I have an answering machine at…

I love music! I started my collection when I was a child with vinyl records (you know those big black shiny things called LPs that spun around on a turntable at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.) The records soon got replaced by cassette tapes. I bought hundred of tapes. Then CDs came into the mix.…

Have you ever typed your name into Google’s search engine just to see what happens? It’s an interesting thing to search for yourself in cyberspace. I know that I have tried it before and got absolutely nothing. Typing in “chase march” in Google usually gets you a storm chasers website and a photo of a…

Sharon Creech wrote my all-time favourite book, Heartbeat. Early this year I wrote her a letter to tell her how much I enjoy her work and how successful the novel study went in my class last year. Last week I finally got a response. It was a large letter-sized envelope with HarperCollins Publishers listed as…

A number of really disturbing incidents have been on the news lately. Some of the coverage has been equally disturbing. I just don’t understand how anyone can think that it is funny or not a big deal. It is a big deal. I am referring to the number of nooses that have been left in…

Hamilton Tiger Cats ended their season this weekend with a win over the Edmonton Eskimos. It was a much-needed win. It shows that the Tiger Cats still have fight in them. It shows that they have come together in a way that will hopefully carry into the next season. The 3 and 15 record isn’t…

I got this in my inbox from a fellow teacher this week. It is one of those author-unknown forwards that seem to travel around the earth a few dozen times. I got a bit of a chuckle out of it so I thought I’d post it up and share it. Normally I don’t like the…

You are looking at my award winning Halloween costume. I went to a party last night where they handed out cash prizes for costumes. I seemed to make quite a stir with my homemade costume. I won for the most original costume and came home with $50.00. It was the first time I ever won…

It seems to me that children have forgotten how to play. They sit for hours and hours in front of the television. They let video games show them imaginative worlds and mindlessly press away at the buttons. They watch all the newest movies and seemed starved for the latest releases. Do children go out and…