Carol's Corner

I am sitting with three eighth graders. We have just finished a session of our state's blessed event and are waiting to be released for ...

Dear Don, February and March are for me, the cruelest months. Testing season.  They bring out the worst in me. That ugly, snarling, red-pen...

My name is Carol and I'm a puppy addict. It all started last summer. My oldest son had just left for college. And then, about a...

Sometimes I remember how, umm, unimportant all of this test stuff really is.  Take last week for example. We were only a few days from...

I come from a family of organizational goddesses. My mom is an organizational goddess. Both of my younger sisters are organizational go...

OK, can I just complain for a minute?. I love Slice of Life . I love reading all of the different slices. I love commenting and co...

Yesterday, I wrote in front of a fifth grade class. We are less than a week away from our state's "blessed event," and the f...