Christmas is coming. The season of lights sparkling from the branches overhead, of evergreens decked out in festive apparel. The season of carolers gathering on street corners and in front of shops, delighting passers-by and eliciting smiles on the faces of rosy-cheeked children. Laughter and music infuse the air, lights blind any who look ( Read more... )

Dedicated to Kat on her twenty-fourth birthday:
For as long as I can remember
I’ve been looking for a friend like you,
Someone with a head like yours,
And a torso, too.

Happy Freakin' Birthday

Birds sing songs
About the beauty in your soul
And your mind
Which isn’t bad at all

It’s housed inside a head
That’s radiant like the sun
And you know that though the ( Read more... )

Halloween is just two days away, and in honor of my favorite holiday I have completed a list of movies I think everyone should watch on or around Halloween. Some of these movies are scary, some of them are silly, but all should leave you entertained at the end of the night (or beginning of the morning, depending on when you eventually decide to ( Read more... )

Okay! We’re going to start writing in this thing again. Right? Right!

Tonight I taught my evening adult class about Halloween. It was pretty fun, and more interesting than I thought it would be. Though I keep finding out that what I think might be interesting to my students tends to confuse them. But at least they tell me when they don’t understand ( Read more... )