The holiday season always conjures up memories of my time as an elf. Not at the North Pole making toys, as you might think, but at a local five-star hotel where I “elfed” every holiday season for many years. My friends Steve (Santa) and Beth (Mrs. Claus) worked with me to create a great experience […]
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Fifteen years of my career as a teacher were spent at a little prairie high school of about 300 students. In a school that small, I taught most students all four years of high school, so I had the opportunity to truly appreciate them and their families, and to really make a difference with their
Your eyes are not deceiving you! This cat has a purple face. His name is Sammy, and he’s a foster kitten that my mother-in-law is housing. She provides a foster home for cats from the Humane Society, taking on special cases and nursing them back to health so they can be adopted. Sammy is what’s
Nervously, I shift in my seat before the concert begins. I’m ready. I look around and see the same look in the eyes around me. There’s the downbeat! And we begin. I’ve played the flute since I was 10 years old. Most amateur musicians give up playing after high school; I think there’s a hidden
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