As previously mentioned, while traveling this summer, I’ll be updating SoDak it Hurts with excerpts from the ‘zine we created this spring around the idea, What it Takes to Begin. I hope you enjoy! __________________________________ 1. One more bullet. One more gun. One more kid who will never again walk in to my room and…

As previously mentioned, while traveling this summer, I’ll be updating SoDak it Hurts with excerpts from the ‘zine we created this spring around the idea, What it Takes to Begin. I hope you enjoy! __________________________________ My Post I know I cannot hold every piece of living. I know moments will slip away from me on…

As previously mentioned, while traveling this summer, I’ll be updating SoDak it Hurts with excerpts from the ‘zine we created this spring around the idea, What it Takes to Begin. I hope you enjoy! __________________________________ The Art of Being Purposeful My brother has this saying—Do things on purpose. I imagine that by living so, the…

As previously mentioned, while traveling this summer, I’ll be updating SoDak it Hurts with excerpts from the ‘zine we created this spring around the idea, What it Takes to Begin. I hope you enjoy! __________________________________ What does it take to begin? It takes courage and coffee. It takes presence and pasteurized milk. It takes drive…

As previously mentioned, while traveling this summer, I’ll be updating SoDak it Hurts with excerpts from the ‘zine we created this spring around the idea, What it Takes to Begin. I hope you enjoy! __________________________________ What it Takes It is both a blessing and a curse, that drive is.  On mornings I’m running late, I…

As previously mentioned, while traveling this summer, I’ll be updating SoDak it Hurts with excerpts from the ‘zine we created this spring around the idea, What it Takes to Begin. I hope you enjoy! __________________________________ The Drum The Drum in the high school commons, Every morning at 8:20 a.m.. A heartbeat for this day. The…

As previously mentioned, while traveling this summer, I’ll be updating SoDak it Hurts with excerpts from the ‘zine we created this spring around the idea, What it Takes to Begin. I hope you enjoy! __________________________________ Wake Up Call Why? I ask myself.  Why am I still here? A question—one of many—that I cannot answer. Yet…

As previously mentioned, while traveling this summer, I’ll be updating SoDak it Hurts with excerpts from the ‘zine we created this spring around the idea, What it Takes to Begin. I hope you enjoy! __________________________________ Sono Sveglia (I Am Awake) The sun swiftly trips in his hurry to please And awakens orange in everything while…

After sticking around to teach summer school and work on pacing guides for the district, I’ll be traveling to Chicago for a Differentiated Instruction Conference, then on to Switzerland for a few weeks. When I return to the states, I’ll head to back to South Dakota for Also Like The Wind’s (our band) last show.…