Sassafras Mama

The blight of the early reader is the dearth of good engaging stories to read. As my son masters an ever-expanding vocabulary of words that...

When I was in the 7th grade, after school I rode the bus to my mother's school (she taught the 3rd grade) and I would do my homework whi...

We had some big rain last night. For more than a week now, my basement had been dry. Please note the use of the phrase "had been....

One of the things that I like the best about my school is the multicultural environment. It was the first thing I noticed when I interviewe...

So I am handing out a take-home quiz assignment today and I gently suggest that the class could have done better on the quiz had they consul...

I recently finished reading Dave King's book The Ha-Ha . It's the story of a Vietnam veteran, Howie, who has a head injury such tha...

In stark contrast to the chilling and relentless rains of last weekend, Mother Nature declared spring on Friday afternoon. The weekend has ...

J.T.'s buddy D spent the night last night. I made peanut butter cookies as a treat and they gobbled them up while they were still warm ...

I am not a New Jersey native. I am a transplant to the mid-Atlantic region, via Nebraska, Tennessee, and starting this journey in Californi...

The sun is shining. My driveway is dry. I am once again a girl with a car. There was barely 10 gallons of water in the basement when I go...