My Classroom Miracle Plants

When I was a newish teacher, I decided my classroom needed plants. It was my second year in the same school, and by a miracle of public education, I was assigned my own room, rather than hauling my stuff from one room to another to teach wherever there was an available room as I had…

A Big, Juicy Thank You

Today marks the 200th post here at Blue Speckled Pup! It crept up on me, really; only a few weeks ago, it seems I was at post 170-something, which makes perfect sense mathematically –numbers so aren’t my thing– and suddenly here I am, writing post number 200. If you haven’t been following along, that’s two…