Writing is like exercise, and I am out of shape. Writing is difficult, at least for me. I’m a perfectionist and a procrastinator, who’s easily distracted by new ideas, cute animals outside my window, and chocolate. None of these qualities do a consistent writer make. I’m also a teacher, and during the school year I’mContinue reading “A Summer of Words”
Author Archives: Carie Juettner
Night Walk
This poem was published in Dreams & Nightmares a year ago this month, and I’d like to share it with you now. Night Walk One night I walked outside to look at the full moon, but there was no moon, only clouds and wind that whispered Go, Go into my ears. So I went. Without phone orContinue reading “Night Walk”
15 Signs It’s the Last Month of School
Your lesson plans all say “Work on project? Or something?” Every single glue stick is empty. No one’s even calling the copier repairman anymore, and people have started storing snacks in the paper trays. Every day is a jeans day. No one really gave permission, it just happened. The things you pack for lunch haveContinue reading “15 Signs It’s the Last Month of School”
Carie Juettner 