PamelaRHE

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Principal Young-Enough-To-Be-My-Son gave a lecture at today’s faculty meeting on a topic he heard on Joe Rogan, if you’re wondering about the future… #stateofeducation

Amused myself by comparing Mrs. Ulgine Barrows to Musk today. #catbirdseat

Starting units on To Kill a Mockingbird and The Lynchings in Duluth here in blue state/red county. Carry on!

Bar babies! Love that! How lucky you are to have judicious splitting of affections.

Beautiful floofs! We share a love of calico cats, though I, too, have added a non-tri to the mix. Troy calls her “Striper” (her name is Maude).

Please repost to join this apt apology to our neighbors.

You know at the end of Gatsby, when he fires all the servants and Wolfsheim sends in mobsters and the whole place goes to hell? That’s what I’m imagining at the White House. I do hope Owl Eyes is ok.

Just scored a rocking loveseat off Marketplace and am giddy with excitement. I wonder if I can recreate the heavy brown tweed of our family rocking loveseat from my childhood? Couple owl pillows and an afghan and I’m my mom!

I’m adding Sherman Alexie into my College Lit class, starting next week - so excited!

Glad NM is trying to follow in MN’s steps. My students were LIVID about To Kill a Mockingbird bans! I always include an end discussion on merits vs. dangers of challenged reading, and I have yet to have a class decide a book is not worth reading.

Just finished The Kite Runner with 11th grade & a student asked if it was true that books would soon be banned and KR is on the list. Lively discussion, zero in favor of banning; luckily MN is a ban-free state by law!

Great idea, heading back to school Jan. 2-3 for a two-day week at the start of a new semester with no time to prep said new classes save taking personal time out of our break.

I’ve got two teaching colleagues who have both *written out* “nip it in the butt” and I don’t know what to do with this…

Henry James’ Turn of the Screw is set at Christmastime with friends sitting around telling ghost stories, so maybe that’s on the Brits.

An old calico cat cuddles in a gray-and-white fleece blanket. She is purring and very content.

Happy Caturday from Margaret, who has remembered how to cuddle and purr today. She is mentally challenged and geriatric and never learned to “cat,” so initiating contact is quite rare!

West-Central MN

My daughter’s neighbors’ tree must do this, and I stared across the street into their front window endlessly one weekend, wondering what the hell was going on. Thanks for explaining! 😂

Guess I have to buy a book or subscription now! I imagine the outrage would have been different if you were featuring gold shoes or bibles.

grandcat Ezmerelda

Larry the Corgi-like farm dog, who was fed countless dog biscuits by our Gran but has been slimming against his will.

This is Larry, a stray who showed up on my grandma’s farm and was her best friend for 12 years. My son lives on the farm now and “inherited” Larry, who’s some kind of Corgi mix.

I had the audacity to leave for the weekend, leaving the cats to wail to Troy for unpurchased wet food. This will end disastrously, but humorously so.

Day 2 of forgetting to get the preferred wet cat food, with only a handful of dry food remaining. Please send thoughts and prayers at this difficult time—the Calico Sisters are NOT ok.

10th-grade writer said a character was not likable “because of his Scandinavious behavior.” Salem 1692, for the record. New favorite adjective.

A small striped cat looks up from your lap in hopes of even closer cuddles.

First post is Maudie, the empty-nest replacement child who is currently perched on my body searching for a way to get even closer.

Thank you. I love watching them discover new worlds!

My 11th-graders start it next week. It’s a powerful story!