I miss reading Live Journal and hearing everyone's good news and their struggles but I have bits of time only for online activities so I hope my hokey pokey like appearances will still keep my pass here active. My days are so busy now that I'm teaching full-time.  Very often I work 10 hour days, sometimes more, always something to do on the weekend. But I got my first full-time paycheck in over 11 years! Hooray!

I'm THINKING about writing more than I'm getting time to compose and trying to eek out time to be creative after a full day with students is just, well, impossible for the time being. I'm not even going to guilt myself until October. Well, that was my original plan but now I may let myself off the hook until after the holidays! I will have flickers of ideas for poetry collections and I have a new novel idea that keeps scratching at the back door of my mind to be let it in. But 12 year old is running Cross Country and I love spending afternoons that he has meets under the clear September skies cheering him and his entrouage of friends. At the finish line I invariably well up to see how hard those kids are trying to find their personal best and I'm so proud!

Yesterday I did sneak off to the Preble County Pork Festival where I did not eat pork but petted it! I should've been born on a farm. I looked for an elephant ear stand (fried bread dough + powerdered sugar= heaven) but was disappointed not to find one. Giant barns are filled with all varieties of crafts and I bought an adorable soft sculpture baby doll for my neice, Ohio State dangly earrings, and some honey-based lip balm.

Now it's back to my homework with a wish that you have a wonderful week full of words... Read the rest of this post