Callie Feyen

{Trying} to make Friday after school snacks fun, like happy hour.  This past Friday I whipped up some chocolate pudding for the girls and threw in some rainbow sprinkles because just about everything tastes better with rainbow sprinkles. The girls were off the walls a few minutes after eating it, but it was Friday and they’d finished their first week… View Post

In second grade, Hadley watched caterpillars grow into butterflies. This probably says a terrible amount about my educational endeavors, but I remember doing this project in college. I remember walking to the science building early in the morning and again at the end of the day to check on the caterpillars. I find it peaceful thinking about Hadley walking into… View Post

  Now listen, Baby Boy Lewis. I’m going to tell you everything you need to know about being the little brother to a fabulous older sister. I have 42 years of experience to give you, and I know what I’m talking about. No, I was not the younger sibling. I was the fabulous older sister. You have enormous shoes to… View Post

  For this month’s installment of “When Readers Listen,” Abbie and I are writing about The Longform Podcast, #148: Anna Holmes. You can listen to it here. What it taught me about reading: In regards to online reading, it seems we are in a culture where a lot of what’s written is written in a tone that sounds like screaming.  This… View Post

When I was a kid, I would have this ritual I would go through before I left a place. I think it started in sixth grade, and I think it started by accident.  Mr. Bitoy, my sixth grade teacher, sent me on an errand; probably it was to get something from the office.  Since I’d been at Longfellow Elementary since… View Post