Silver Valley Stories

Z2 performing "I Will Survive" with the Joybells, the Select Choir from Kellogg High School.  The concert was really, really goo...

She couldn't have said it any better. It feels so good to be back in the Silver Valley.

For the last few days I have been attending a conference that has had me focus on what parts of the program I work with at Kellogg Middle Sc...

Many people close to me are dealing with grief lately. As I look over the past few months, many of my close family and friends have lost l...

Sunday morning we headed over to the House of Blues here in Houston for their Gospel Brunch. What a wonderful experience.  When PKR heard ...

This week I gave my siblings the following assignment: Think about one of the places you lived in the 1980's, and write about how you ...

I love to travel. I love experiencing new places and seeing more of this great country of ours. Today I woke up, got on a plane, and fle...

I decided to start getting all seasons of the original "Law and Order"series, starting with Season One. We have finished with t...

Tonight PKR and I traveled to St. Maries to watch Kiki Aru and the other Lady Wildcats from the 8th grade Kellogg Middle School play basketb...

I am a pet person. I couldn't imagine my life without pets in the house. Now, to some of you who aren't pet people, I know you t...

I wish I didn't have a tie to a sore throat.  It wasn't fun realizing last night my throat was hurting, I was coughing, and that it ...

I enjoy working in a school where I was also a student. Actually, both schools that are my workplace, I was once a student. Kellogg Midd...

The final "Best" assignment from IEG is this: Best Way For Using Creative Energy Wow, I may even get this one in before tomorr...

The next "Best" sibling assignment IEG gave us is this: Best Movie because of a memorable role of an actor/actress played I wo...

The next "Best" assignment IEG gave us this month is this: Best Song for Stirring Up Memories of Another Time The trouble with...

Well, I am now into the January sibling assignments, so I am slowly getting caught up. IEG gave us four sibling assignments this month, al...

Another Sibling Assignment is this: Find a photograph you snapped last year that epitomizes 2099 for you and explain. I have rediscovere...

Going to Grandma West's house was an annual pilgrimage in our family when I was growing up.  Our summer vacation was spending a week in ...

Today I am going back into the Sibling Assignment archives, and catching up a bit.  Actually, I only went back through the last 15 or so.  I...

Another show has come and gone, and it is off to other things. I think I've been in a little bit of a funk this week with the closing ...