When people ask me about my Arctic Alaskan adventure, this is probably what they’ll hope I say life is like…plus polar bears.
Category Archive: A Lifetime of Stories You Wouldn’t Believe
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?
Our school’s protocol for bear visitors.
Calling all Alethas! You are wonderful humans…and now you have shoes with your name!
(Oh and a book!)
Bungee jumping and Scotland, both adventures worth having, both good for the soul, better together.
I stared at the long black rectangles with their enticing red and white designs. It is the cherry […]
Pope Francis, dancing, and enough security to make us feel like celebrities…my favorite field trip as a teacher is hard to beat!
When you joke about sleeping in your classroom…and it really might not be that much of a joke.
Overheard at the Store
Clerk: “How do you pronounce your name?” Me: “uh-lee-tha” Clerk: “Was your mom biting her tongue?”
-Clerk after seeing the name on my credit card.
It took me a long minute to figure out it was a similar question to one someone else had asked me a few years ago:“Do you have a lisp?”
All the Kids Were Doing It: Over the House Edition
After I scolded handfuls of students, day after day, for climbing over my roof…I figured they were on […]
Because sometimes those “warnings” spread around on social media or chain e-mails are worth heeding.
"When you die, can I have your mascara?"
-student super dedicated to the fact that I wore mascara today.
A Year Ago Today: WTH World Tour It started out as any other concert going event. Tickets? Check. ID? […]
Tumbleweed Soul 