"America breaks my heart some days, and some days it breaks itself in two." So honored to be today's poem! Thank you, Victoria Chang (Victoria Chang) & Academy of American Poets. And as the author's note says, "my hope is we all try to take care of each other.”

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“What is Post-Traumatic Growth?” bit.ly/2WtyqQc #12CharacteristicsOfDeliberateHomework #ASCA2020 #ASCAatHome #GrowthMindset #SEL #RemoteLearning

stolen land of indigenous people! there's nothing to celebrate here!! mmiwresources.carrd.co

Today is Canada Day. While I celebrate this country for the opportunities it has afforded me and my family. I acknowledge the stolen land we live on and the racial injustice Indigenous and Black people continue to face. We’ve come far but we still have a long way to go.

Shirley Jackson Awards Announcede! The 2019 Shirley Jackson Awards ceremony youtu.be/7LwWsOVheWc via YouTube

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Just saying...

Connor blink once if you need help. #LoveIslandUSA

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No problemos....

Dear student emailing to assure me you are usually a better student than you have been so far in our class this semester: You are fine. I believe you. We are in a pandemic and I am usually a better teacher than I have been this semester, too. Signed, me.

MeR 6.2 holds two poems by the astonishing Kelli Russell Agodon “...the mourning dove has fallen asleep on your patio furniture, the bird/means faith not death, it just wants us all/to know there are many ways to survive” Sometimes when the news comes on mainereview.com/?p=1193

Poems, downloads, books belljarblog.wordpress.com/poems-films-so… via Jo Bell

Day #10 - FREE BOOK Advent Calendar Every day, until December 25th, WE'RE GIVING EVERYONE A FREE BOOK! To find out what today's FREE book is, visit darkstroke.com and click the little red santa on the right-hand-side. Choose today's date, and follow the link!

Just finished this. Amazing movie. Cried the whole time. No one talks about the truth of residential schools enough and how fucked up they really were!!!

Anyone who knows me knows I love pickles, and I enjoy beer. This is either going to be amazing or a complete and utter disaster.

Bookbub Shout out--Wonderstruck is 1.99 today in U.S.

The Hemingwrite is coming back! hemingwrite.com/?kid=1J4DQD