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Summer 2024 Plans

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

As the school year comes to an end, I’m left wondering what I’m going to do during the summer.  After all, everyone in education gets summer off to party and relax in that awesome teaching money . . . It’s … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Only 2.5 Days To Go!

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Math was off in original title.) This was the last full week of school, which means homestretch.  Can’t say with certainty that I’m going to make it in one piece.  Not only work is beating me down, but the personal … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Got A Little Done, But Not Much

Posted on June 15, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

(Combination of Foo Fighters, Queen (Brian May), and Pink Floyd . . . No wonder I keep skipping to this one in the car.) This was a crazy week, which should really be my motto.  I’m also writing this after … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Crazier Week Than Expected, But I Made It

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

As the title says, this was a really rough week, which was the last full one of classes for the local schools.  It also meant last time for field trips, beginning of world language tests, and a whole slew of … Continue reading →

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Goal Post:

Posted on June 1, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

The song above was the first thing that played after I turned my car on after work and it’s fairly appropriate.  This was a rough week with a lot of stress, pressure, high emotions, and general ugh.  It means I … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Almost Forgot This One

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

This week was so crazy that I nearly forgot to write this post.  Woke up at 6 am and realized I never took the time last night to do it.  This is what happens when I have a busy week … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Break is Done and Back to Work

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

The week started with Spring Break finishing up.  Nothing special happened there besides typing in 5 chapters worth of edits to Darwin & the Halfling Hunt.  It wasn’t as much as I had hoped before I got my son for a … Continue reading →

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Late Goal Post: Back from Oswego

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Aside from Passover, this week was the big father/son trip to Oswego, NY.  This place is on Lake Ontario and . . . I went to college there and it’s a nice town about 5.5-6 hours away depending on how … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing Father and Son Relationships

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Being a single father, I think about the father/son relationship a lot.  Mostly because I’m always hoping I’m doing right by my own son.  This gets tougher when I see fiction maintaining the ‘stoic father’ ignoring the son’s issues until … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: Let Spring Break Begin

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

I made it! Spring break starts today and work returns on May 1st.  Going to get some editing done this weekend as well as pack for a father/son trip.  Passover is on Monday, so I’ll get some family time in … Continue reading →

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