Good gracious, it’s summer, and who wants to talk about vocabulary words? Nobody, but I am out of work so somebody needs to play school with me. Luckily, Hadley and Harper are willing participants. Especially, if the activities have to do with Harry Potter. We have been bitten by the Harry Potter bug big time in the Feyen household. Currently,… View Post

There is a lot to do, and I have accidentally packed all my shoes in a giant storage unit that I won’t see until August. Yesterday, I had a job interview and my choices of shoes were a twelve year old pair of olive green peep hole heels that are made up of the same material that girls buying shoes… View Post

Around here I’m taking pictures of myself in the WCA Kindergarten bathroom to show off my MFA sleeves and whatever it is you call that purple and white thing I’m wearing. High school graduation is all about the kids. It’s not about what the teachers are wearing. Don’t be showing off. Listen to the speaker and pay attention to his… View Post

I’m sitting at my kitchen table listening to my kids play outside with a group of kids who are African American, Japanese, Indian, and Mormon. I’m thinking about what happened in Orlando and wondering at what point we all stop riding down a dirt hill screaming and laughing together, and instead decide we all hate each other. Last night, we… View Post

The word “calling” has always bothered me. I suppose it’s because I have a hard time distinguishing between what it is that’s inside me that I should work to bring out, and what it is I feel like doing that day. I love pushing a pen across paper, finding, and waiting for the perfect words to write a story. I… View Post