Teenager chooses herbs over chemo
I have shared on here that my mother, who was diagnosed in September with Mantle Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, is now in remission, thanks to her fighting spirit and the work of her miraculous...
View ArticleDisabled woman hassled by car dealership
I got an email from a friend yesterday. His good friend, who is handicapped and relies on her car to get around and for her real estate job, has been having a rash of problems with a car dealership in...
View ArticleIt's not too late to Light the Night
My mom is currently in remission from Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Over the course of the last year we have read everything we could get our hands on and are encouraged by the progress that has been made...
View ArticleSeattle Times endorses Mike! McGavick
After the Seattle Times, and its publisher, Frank Blethens, endorsed Dave "The Hair" Reichert, it is no surprise that they would also endorse Mike! McGavick over Maria Cantwell. The Times is known for...
View ArticleFreeperland is Depressed!
I received several emails last night and this morning from friends and family who are worried that Gov. Huckabee might end up as the GOP nominee in November. They are having flashbacks to all the times...
View ArticleThe kids are for Obama
Even after almost 30 years of teaching, I try to make learning authentic and current for all my kids. I am a librarian in a medium sized school, and, being addicted to politics, I thought I would let...
View ArticleRandi Rhodes suspended from Air America
This news is appearing over at Liberal Talk Radio's website:Randi Rhodes has been suspended: Following the attention given toward a video of a recent profanity-laced live appearance, Radio and Records...
View ArticleHow will you spend your check?
Yesterday I got an email from Sen. Patty MurrayStimulus Checks: Ensuring that Our State's Residents Receive the Financial Help Congress has ApprovedThis week the federal government will begin to...
View ArticleI phoned it in today!
I phoned it in for Obama and for Governor Gregoire today for 3 hours!It was raining hard when I got up this morning and I was not looking forward to walking around in the wind and rain. Luckily, they...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? The Low-Carb Edition
A few weeks ago, the doctor handed me a piece of paper with my blood glucose level: 122. She told me that normal nondiabetic range for a fasting blood glucose test is from 70 to 110 mg/dl, depending...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? It's a Party!!!
Growing up in a household in the 50's and 60's with parents who were both teachers, we did not have a lot of money to spend on treats. Therefore, New Year's Eve was always special for me and my...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner..Bountiful Garden Edition
I don't know about your garden, but after temps of over 100 in Western Washington, my plants have drawn their last gasp and have shriveled into oblivion! In Olympia on July 29th it was 107..with...
View ArticleI visited Brian Baird's office today
As most of you know, Rep. Brian Baird of Washington State is not holding any town hall meetings, partly because of a threatening fax he received last week. His district covers some of the most...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner..Apple for Teacher Edition
I have been teaching for almost 30 years, and I think I have received an apple from a student maybe...twice. I wonder why this stereotype still exists?It is September, and that means the Honey Crisps...
View ArticleHappy Veteran's Day, Dad
My dad was a very popular teacher. His students loved him, and loved how he pretended to be gruff on the outside. He had a way of explaining math that made it understandable to most, and was willing to...
View ArticleTeacher shot and killed in Tacoma, WA
Details are still coming in, but a female elementary teacher was shot and killed outside Birney Elementary School in Tacoma Washington, this morning, before school had started or children had arrived.
View ArticleShe Twitters in Lingerie!
I am donating my diary today on behalf of Amy Storey, who is in the running for a scholarship for Netroots Nation. Why should you cast a vote for this Los Alamos, New Mexico Progressive who doorbells...
View ArticleCyber-bullying and Responsibility
It happened again today. Another student came to me in tears. Kids were sending text messages to each other at home in the evenings. This student had been caught making a face by someone with a cell...
View ArticleYou don't need no stinkin' pencils!
I fished around in the office supply cupboard looking for pencils. Pencils disappear in my library at an unbelievable rate, and students rarely have their own with them. I made a mental note to stop...
View ArticleI got mine, 'ta hell with you!
I am involved in an argument on Facebook with a high school acquaintance over the usual...he is a teabagger who is self-employed and thinks all government is bad. ( I have another diary about that for...
View ArticleWeek 5 of testing..and they cut my pay.
We began week 4 of testing this week. In the beginning, it was the Measurement of Student Progress, which is the new name for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning. That covered grades 3-6,...
View ArticleDear Ron Paul...
A brilliant fellow teacher posted this on her Facebook page, and with her permission, I am posting it here. She posted it on Ron Paul's Facebook page, and it was immediately taken down.......no...
View ArticleWe have to do something..don't we?
This diary is for my fellow Washingtonians in our little group....I feel like I am yelling in an empty Safeco Field....
View ArticleKossacks, I need your help
This place has an amazing array of experts in so many fields, and I find myself at a loss as to how I can help a friend who is suffering. I hope to find some ideas I can share with her as she tries to...
View ArticleVictoria Jackson Parody!
Victoria Jackson recently announced she is throwing her polka-dot bow into the political arena. Personally, I think comedians should pay her for all of the new-found opportunities for material. One...
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