Category: Personal Blog

  • Richmond Photowalk 2022

    On June 27, my girls and I went out for a Photowalk of Richmond, KY. These are some of the pictures we took and interesting things we found. The Madison Co Hall of Justice was built in 1897 as a regional post office and then was used as one of the US District Courts for…

  • War of 1812 Begins

    OTD POTUS Madison signed a declaration of against Great Britain for actions taken during the previous years. Many hoped it would lead to a successful invasion and annexation of Canada. Read here for more: LOC War of 1812 NPG War of 1812

  • My Summer Reading List part 1

    Every summer, I plan on reading at least one book for fun, one book for work, and one book for leadership or technology. My first book for the summer is Outcasts United by Warren St. John. I picked it up in the nonfiction section at McKay’s Used Books back in April and haven’t had a…

  • IFLLEX 2022

    One of my favorite changes this year is the idea of an all-digital presentation process. An interactive Google Doc was created for presenters to post links and be able to connect with attendees. This also made the login process not necessary by having all your links on one doc even if you were posting across…

  • Remembering World War 2: Normandy Beach

    I remember in the eighth grade having to pick a book about a moment in history and creating a diaroma of the main idea. I worked for weeks reading The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. Then with my mom, 2 cans of  spray paint, a packet of 50 little army men and some sand, we…

  • End of the Year

    Congratulations to the Class of 2022! May everyone have a great Summer and I look forward to seeing you all, except the grads, again next August. Check out the Twitter feed as I post some writing prompts for inspiration throughout the summer.