Today the Fullerton El station smelled like Blue Cheese. I hope this is a new feature, to help people identify what station they’re at using a variety of cheese smells.
Author Archives: Virginia
Jul 31
Assessments
“Mrs. Lund, you just love to laugh, don’t you?”
-An assessment from Alexis, age 11-almost-12. If that’s the vibe a student gets from me, then I feel okay about who I am. She’s absolutely right, also. I mean, what else would I love to do? Grimace? Stare blankly into space? The alternatives to laughing through my [...]
From the Desk of Barkley Q. Barkerton
Dear Outdoors Place:
Thank you for your compliance with my repeated requests for an end to winter. Your attention to this matter is appreciated. All is forgiven. I look forward to working with you again in the near future.
Sincerely,
BQB:vkl
Dictated, but not read.
Inspiring Eighth Grader
Melissa, a fourteen year old girl in dramagirls, wrote this poem inspired by Nikki Giovanni’s “The Drum”. I can’t stop reading it, it is so beautiful and perfect for a day like today that feels a little colder and a little rainier than I want it to.
World by Melissa
The world told my mama
That the dirt [...]
Science: get on this.
I get it that a watched pot never boils. Also, watching a pot is super boring when there’s other stuff to do.
But here’s my problem: a pot you leave alone has this tendency to boil without you knowing it and then you forget about ever wanted hard boiled eggs in the first place and then [...]
With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon [...]
From The Desk of Barkley Q. Barkerton
Dear Computer-lookers:
It has come to my attention that winter is thoroughly unacceptable.
Please tiptap whatever you must into your machines to make this outrageousness stop post-haste.
Today I had to walk in SNOW.
One cannot be expected to carry on in such squalor.
I appreciate your prompt attention to this matter.
BQB:vkl
Why I Love This City
On the train ride home tonight, the conductor came on the PA system.
“Folks, I hope you’re having a wonderful evening. Be safe on your way home. The wind chill’s going to be 30 below, so don’t go out if you don’t have to. Just stay home, have a bowl of soup or … wine. If [...]
