Some say that the gift of teaching is the chance to touch lives, to inspire young minds, to see creativity grow right before your eyes. That stuff is all very good, but I also liked the actual gifts. I don’t mean to sound greedy, but teaching is a hard job with few tangible perks,Continue reading “The Thought That Counts”
Author Archives: Carie Juettner
Review: Ready Player One
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline My rating: 4 of 5 stars Ready Player One entertained me from start button to game over. Ernest Cline’s novel is set thirty years in the future. Like many of the futuristic stories these days, Cline’s version of our world in 2044 is distinctly negative. Poverty, crime, famine– theContinue reading “Review: Ready Player One”
Puzzling It Out
I love working jigsaw puzzles. Mostly, I love running my fingers through the box of puzzle pieces. There’s no sorting them into colored piles or turning each one right side up for this girl. Second only to the satisfying snick of two cardboard shapes locking together is the low rumble of a thousand unique piecesContinue reading “Puzzling It Out”
Carie Juettner 