Make Time to Read!
Many of you reading this website have young children or teenagers in your home. Would you like them to be successful in school? How about their career? How do you…
What’s On Your Plate?
The food pyramid is now part of our history! This morning was the long-awaited unveiling of its replacement. Well, long-awaited by me anyway. As a teacher of nutrition, I was…
Replacement for Food Pyramid is Coming!
Thursday, June 2, is the day the USDA says it will reveal the replacement for the food pyramid. I'll post more when I get details, but reportedly it is shaped…
Change Takes Energy
There's a gauge on my car dashboard that lets me know how many miles per gallon I'm getting at any given time. With the price of gas, I've been watching…
In the Bulb, There is a Flower
In the bulb, there is a flower; In the seed, an apple tree;.... Unrevealed until its season, Something God alone can see. So begins Hymn of Promise, one of my…
In Appreciation
March 19th the city of Sandusky suffered a tremendous loss. Police Officer Andrew Dunn was shot and killed as he stopped a man on a bicycle. Although I did not…
Don’t Be Fooled!
Ready for April 1st? I don’t know how April Fool’s Day began, but usually it just means a few harmless jokes and is kind of fun. I remember a scavenger…
Senioritis
Yes, I'm talking to you, Mr. Senior in my 4th period class! Last week was sort of crazy - Ohio Graduation Tests, girls basketball at state, band and choir contest,…
They Can Get That at Home
It is no secret that I am a family and consumer science teacher. I believe what I teach is not only important, but absolutely vital. But every so often I…
March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month
Exactly twelve weeks ago today our lives were turned upside down. My beautiful nineteen year old niece, Emily, was involved in a car accident on her way home from church…
