Singing Mood

Singing Mood

Sep 25, 2018 | Joseph, Madeline | 1 comment

Me: Good morning, Maddie. You’re in a singing mood today, eh? Maddie: Yep! Joseph: That’s my least favorite of all your moods.
That Cindy

That Cindy

Sep 11, 2018 | Joseph | 1 comment

Joseph helped Maddie with her homework. Maddie thinks through each situation and wonders aloud about possible grey areas in the definition of a citizen and how intent might play into it, while Joseph knows how worksheets go–you can’t think too...
What Sinks Your Boat?

What Sinks Your Boat?

Sep 10, 2018 | Joseph | 1 comment

I have an after-school meeting with the kids. 10 minutes in the rarely-used living room to have a snack, get forms signed, report on school, and discuss the plan for the remainder of the day before I let them loose and return to work. “And new business to...

Talking to the Principal

Aug 14, 2018 | Joseph | 0 comments

Joseph and another boy got pulled aside in the hall for goofing around on the way in from recess. They were taking turns knocking the kickball from each other. The teacher who reprimanded about appropriate behavior in the hallway then said to the other boy that Joseph...
New Look

New Look

Aug 11, 2018 | Joseph | 1 comment

Joseph found a fedora today and I bought it for him, along with some new shades and a shirt so ugly it’s cool. It couldn’t have clashed any more with the plaid shorts, but he’s basking in the cool all afternoon. Overheard: Joseph: You can wear a...

Dinner Music

May 1, 2018 | Joseph | 0 comments

J: “Wait! This could easily be either banjo music from far away…Or–music from a Chinese thrift shop. Yeah–there’s an old lady, reading a book. An old lady with poofy hair and glasses, like: ‘Can I help you?'” [wpvideo xF9kpSpy...