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A Poem for Canada 24 Jun 2012 | 02:14 pm
Canada, O Canada where mountains reach to the clouds where rivers, green, rush and tumble where trees are varied, diverse, and brave where lakes are serene, peaceful, calm Canada, O Canada where...
I’m Still Here! 20 Jun 2012 | 06:30 am
My blogging has not been too regular the past few weeks, but I hope to change that soon. Between my trip to Michigan, getting terribly sick, and being home with the kids all day, I haven’t had much ti...
A 10-Year Anniversary Photographic Journey 15 Jun 2012 | 07:00 pm
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the day I said, “I will,” to my husband Shane Peyton Alexander. Since that moment, we have lived in five different cities and eight different homes. We have earned...
Why I Chose a Bible as My Literacy Artifact 15 Jun 2012 | 04:09 am
Last week I wrote about the process I went through to choose a literacy artifact. I was to share this object with my colleagues at the professional development workshop I was attending at Michigan Sta...
Reflections on Eating Vegetarian: A Week in Review 12 Jun 2012 | 01:42 pm
I recently embarked on a crazy journey. My goal was to eat vegetarian for one whole week. I was out of town at a professional Summer Seminar in Rhetoric and Composition at Michigan State University an...
Vegetarian Experiment, Day 7 12 Jun 2012 | 11:11 am
I returned home from my week away with more than I had bargained for…a sore throat, cough, runny nose, and fever. This meant one more day of “daddy duty” for a man who had spent all week with the kids...
Vegetarian Experiment, Day 6 9 Jun 2012 | 07:00 pm
Today was the last day eating in one of the cafeteria’s here on MSU’s campus. I will definitely miss this place. The student workers were polite, kind, and helpful. They even cooked the food right the...
Vegetarian Experiment, Day 5 8 Jun 2012 | 06:39 pm
Five days is, by far, the longest I have gone without meat, yet I am not missing it too much. I am enjoying a variety of foods, am taking longer to eat the food I choose, and enjoying trying and tasti...
Vegetarian Experiment, Day 4 7 Jun 2012 | 09:07 pm
I have now completed four days of eating vegetarian in this “going vegetarian” experiment. Here is what I ate on Day Four. Breakfast Fruit: Watermelon, Grapes, and a Banana Whole Wheat Bagel with S...
Storying Your Education through an Artifact 7 Jun 2012 | 06:22 am
“What object would you use to tell the story of your education?” This question was posed to me by Jenn Fishman, an Assistant Professor at Marquette University, who is today’s speaker at the Summer Se...
