Book Review: The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud

Title: Lockwood & Co: The Empty Grave Author: Jonathan Stroud My Rating: 5 stars Rarely do I find a book or a series of books that I love as much as Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud. This weekend, I finished The Empty Grave, the fifth and final book in the series, and the feelings I have aboutContinue reading “Book Review: The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud”

Underneath

I spent the weekend grading my students’ journals, and it made me want to post this poem, which was published in Encore: Prize Poems of the NFSPS in 2015. Underneath I straightened the mirror a couple of times,      so I have OCD, then got distracted by a dog,      so you added ADD. I washed my handsContinue reading “Underneath”

Be the Rubber Band

On Saturday night, while Austin was getting its relatively mild dose of Hurricane Harvey, we ordered Chinese food (and gave the poor delivery guy a hefty tip for braving the rain to bring us kung pao shrimp and egg rolls). When I finished eating, I opened my fortune cookie and found this: Um… what? IContinue reading “Be the Rubber Band”