Itβs birthday #62! Grateful!
11.11.2025 19:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@joyteam.bsky.social
I have been a teacher in Los Angeles for 39 years. I love poetry and being creative in my curriculum. I seek joy, peace, justice, and love. You might find me at the beach, on a walking path, or enjoying friends and family.
Itβs birthday #62! Grateful!
11.11.2025 19:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rest in peace, Kylene Beers. π’
24.06.2025 21:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Missing my mom on what would have been her 91st birthday!
21.06.2025 19:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you Sis!!
02.06.2025 13:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This year, I wrote a poem to honor our living legend, Stevie Wonder, for our annual showcase. His baby girl is culminating in a week and we wanted him to feel our love. The greatest honor was to have him experience this moment in person.
01.06.2025 16:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Itβs my firstbornβs 37th birthday! π π·ππ
25.05.2025 17:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm only two episodes in and I love it. Congratulations on already being renewed for season two. #forever
15.05.2025 13:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm ready for summer! #poetry
27.04.2025 00:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Awww! I call them pawskers. My cat has them too.
28.03.2025 23:21 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So cute!
23.03.2025 20:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was off Wed for appointments, and I received this interesting email from my student. This is one of the reasons why I teach my fifth graders how to email their teacher. I love that she can included herself in the list of students who were doing the work today! And that is highly likely.π€£π€£
21.03.2025 14:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Todayβs poetry prompt from @sarahjdonovan.bsky.social gave me time to imagine the peace and joy of Heaven. In these challenging times, I must remember to breathe and pause, pray and rest, imagine and believeβ¦this too shall pass. #poetrycommunity #openwrite #heaven #joy #peace #rest
16.03.2025 16:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I love your collection of videos! My students tried βWhat are you doing?β to practice improvisation and quick thinking and loved it.
16.03.2025 03:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I didnβt kill my orchid! I keep this one in my classroom and itβs blooming again. A little water once a week and I never think about it. This surprised me! πΈπ
16.03.2025 03:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs my favorite week of the month when Ethical ELA writers share poetry together. This is a βform smashβ of Golden Shovel and Gogyohka. #poetry #OpenWrite
15.03.2025 19:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Teachers, if you havenβt tried We Will Write with your scholars, what are you waiting for? My 5th graders are EAGER to write when itβs a We Will Write session. And now they can add their stories to Book Creator and create digital books! #beanauthormonth #WeWillWrite
13.03.2025 04:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So gorgeous! #joyspotting #mindfulwalking #springflowers
09.03.2025 23:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Meeting a phenomenal woman who Iβve admired for a long time. She even read to my students from her book, Stamped for Kids.
08.03.2025 17:41 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βοΈπππΊπΎπ·πΆππΏπ₯₯πΉβ
04.03.2025 14:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rest in eternal peace and paradise!
01.03.2025 22:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You and I both! I got my vaccine in November and just got over the worst flu Iβve ever had. I canβt imagine it being any worse, but grateful for my vaccines! Take care, Jamelle.
17.02.2025 17:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#poetry #breathwork #smallspaces
06.02.2025 03:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!
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Iβm walking real quietly into February. I pray for ancestral power and protection!
01.02.2025 01:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ICYMI β Sharpton led a buy-in to support Costco after they didnβt back down on DEI
27.01.2025 03:43 β π 42912 π 7587 π¬ 1155 π 672My uncle was a Tuskegee Airman. This is pure evil. But no one better act surprised. NO ONE.
26.01.2025 03:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow!!
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