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I’m worried. My district has decided on distance learning until a time when a further decision can be made. Other districts in my area are doing hybrid. I plan on going into my classroom to teach from there. I’m scared about students coming back to a very overcrowded building and… Read More

My ex husband and I had an amazing Renaissance themed wedding. My dress was custom made by a local designer and I wore it to various Renaissance Faires for years afterwards.

As a kid, my dad rented Disney’s “The Watcher in the Woods” and told me it was mine to watch while he went to get pizza. Movie rentals were expensive so I was laying on the couch terrified to watch and terrified to turn it off. I made it to the creepy “Narek” scene before I gave up.… Read More

When they google google.

The top right and back right sections of my head turn super hot. There is a feeling behind the right forehead of being scratched with a pin or literally being carved from the inside out. If it's a particularly bad migraine with aura, I only see white spots and I go into a full body… Read More

So, a former student in my middle school general music classes sends me a birthday message on Facebook. Unlike the usual "oh today's your birthday, I'm obligated to write a message on your wall", he writes about 10 paragraphs about all the kinds of music that I introduced him to (like… Read More

Jared Leto's arm in Requiem for a Dream. I admire that movie so much but just thinking about that makes me so icky. Also, the opening of Elizabeth, with Cate Blanchett. The burning of heretics is just way too real for me. When I watch it, I immediately advance to the second chapter.… Read More

You can get a bunch of these items at any Wegmans. Because Wegmans is awesome.

Sun in. 8th grade. Said if your hair was dark it might only "redden" your hair. Literally doused my permed hair with the extra strength and went for a bike ride. My hair didn't turned yellow. Not blond, yellow. And because the hair was permed, all I could do was grow it out. Give… Read More

The Handmaid's Tale. I've gotten a few people to read it in my circle of friends, but none of them have been moved to pieces like I was. Trying to discuss the book results in a "m'eh. Not my thing", and me thinking I need new friends.