Random Thoughts of an OutLaw Educator

Hee hee!! Absolute glee! Success!! A shy little boy came in today, one whom I have never seen. His Mom told him to go find a book. The...

It turns out being a public librarian is pretty awesome. And I was right-- I don't have to be an outlaw. I'm pretty much an in-l...

The night I left the teaching profession, I lay in bed on my stomach, half asleep. It felt as if brown and gray butterflies were drawing th...

June 6, 2013 Dear Tribune Review, Thank you for covering our story! We highly appreciate you shedding light on our positive activity....

When kids decide to change the world, amazing things happen. Subbing at Pittsburgh Langley K-8, I began work with a novel study i...

It has been an amazing year. From a miracle in Manchester to Haiti, what a long, strange trip it's been. And stay tuned..there are new d...

Check out these media files from my trip to Haiti! Animoto video: Libraries and Miracles in Haiti Snapfish photostream: Snapfis...

Yesterday was Sunday. Leon is the Bishop of the Church in Christ for Haiti. His grandparents established a church on a mountain many...

It's the site of the famous movie The Comedians, based on Graham Greene's famous book. I am not prepared for it. Who could be, a...

In Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl, Charlie Bucket and his parents, four grandparents and their giant brass bed and Mr...

We changed our prompt for the quilt squares. We were going to have the children imagine a perfect world and paint it-- unique to them of ...

We strategically planned last night-- to the class sizes, age ranges, interests and physical space available to us and girded our loins for...

The female doctor with us is tall, very lean, blonde and pretty. She didn't bring a suitcase or even a carry on-- all she thought was n...