After 3 months off, I return to my high school classrooms tomorrow, so—some notes from a (partial) late winter/early spring sabbatical :) (took me some seven total years in WA to finally visit both the tulips and the UW cherry blossoms!!)
Simply had to visit (and take a photo in front of) Heather Lake :)
The Seattle area is making up for Utah’s weak snow and I’m delighted!
Utah in March :)
After almost three years of living (and teaching remotely) from a thick of woods on a peninsula, this past spring I moved to a place where I can walk to see the sun set each evening and I now teach in a (high school!!) classroom every day (with a com
Semi twinning in Truckee 🌞
Started the year bracingly brisk but so warm with big plans and a revised manuscript and a whole lot of heart
The very best Halloween buddy 🎃
Biraz Türkçe öğrendim ve sonra Türkiye’ye gittim ve güzeldi. Şimdi bitti, son! ❤️
The joy of being an aunt is one of life’s sweetest surprises ☺️
Rather unexpectedly, barns (yes, plural barns) became a significant feature in my latest draft and I don’t think that at all influenced my initiating this horseback riding day but honestly maybe it did!?
Some random moments from the last 12 months: a period in which I kind of accidentally got bangs and enjoyed being offline and wrote a lot (and actually enjoyed it/found flow). A 2024 goal of mine was to return to instagram periodically and May isn&rs