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Goal Post: Let the Summer Break (1.5 week) Begin

Last day of the 23-24 school year was Wednesday and it was crazy to the very end.  So much to do before the year ends and summer school begins.  You also had goodbyes to those retiring or leaving for a … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: Last Time Through These Doors

(Full transparency: I skipped a poem.  Thought it was about DnD and posted it without reading.  It was actually about how I met my ex-wife during a DnD game and it must have been a present to her because it … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks’

The Life & Times of Ichabod Brooks . . . Where to even begin? This is a short story collection staring Ichabod Brooks.  He is an experienced adventurer with a wife and kid back home.  The jobs put food on the … Continue reading

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Summer 2024 Plans

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!

(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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Poetry Day: Island of the Bleeding Blade

(This poem is a fictional set up type of thing.  Just wrote it randomly and thought it could be a good premise for a future story.  I believe it was matched up with another poem or story about a magic … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Predator vs Prey Stories

While the predator vs prey conflict is classic and easily understood, it isn’t always the easiest to write.  We take the simplicity for granted at times, which means we can make mistakes that mess up the dynamic.  Here are some … Continue reading

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Predator and Prey Stories

I was thinking about the movie ‘Predator’.  Not sure why.  Just came to me and I wondered if there was a post in there.  Well, here we are . . . Sorry if you expected a catchier intro, but it’s … Continue reading

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Goal Post: Got A Little Done, But Not Much

(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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Poetry Day: Ira

(Ira is the Latin word for ‘Wrath’.  So, it worked for the title of a poem about anger.) The pit of your heart is where I fester I am all-consuming   Violence and hate are my bastard children I am … Continue reading

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