Don’t give good junk away — My husband offers the perfect white elephant gift for a group of teachers. The trouble is that I want to keep it. Sometimes, you can’t even give away good junk. Besides the fact that it’s brand new, it’s years old. Someone forgot to get rid of it years ago. …

Dare to be different. — “I think I’ll ask Santa to bring me an Apple watch,” says my daughter. I almost spit out my coffee. “Tell me more about that,” I say. “Well, I’d really like to have one, and I doubt you guys will get one for me, So I’d better ask Santa.” While…

Now I’m wondering if these shots work at all — I’m under the blanket, waffling in and out of fever, kicking the blankets off, and sometimes can’t pile enough on me to keep warm. My hair looks much like the lady’s in the picture, and my faithful Bentley dog won’t leave my side. I have COVID for the third time…

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SNL highlights with laughs and giggles for the way you live — If you haven’t heard about George Santos’ resume-building skills, you may want to take notes on what not to do. For any average person, you’d likely be fired by your employer for falsifying your work history. …

Or any day — The older I get, the more I am certain I know nothing absolutely. Everything is relative to something else, and in a world where nothing is certain, this one idea seems to be true: The more things change, the more they stay the same. I’ve always known who I am…

Generate hope in the worst circumstances — War gives us pause as humans, either because we are deeply impacted by it directly or because we hear of horrific events elsewhere in the world. Perhaps you want to stick your head in the sand and pretend like people are not under attack. …

Choose wisely next year. — We’ve all been through a lot in the last few years. We can sum it up in one word: Covid. Then we have, or tried to have our come back year, and most of us are still trying to come back. We’re not there yet, but we’re trying. Remember when…

Said no teacher ever. — Let’s call it what it is—grade harassment. That’s how I heard one teacher describe it. And that’s much closer to the truth of the situation. Each time the end of the semester rolls around, students become concerned about their grades. Sometimes their parents with an emotional appeal for leniency. Let…