Update? Well, we sold our townhome in Asheville, NC. The decision and move weren’t easy. We’d spent 5 months a year (wintertime) in one of the trendiest retirement towns in America for each of the past 9 years, a place where we’d built a new life. In the end, we left. Why’d we leave that […]
“Grandpa and the Truck” went to Walter E. Ranger and Ft. Barton schools May 13, 2015. Named to Atlas Van Lines’s “Elite Fleet” (of drivers,) “Gator” drove millions of miles, flawlessly, across America in the big rig. Now, he tells his exciting adventures to student audiences, focusing on the men and women who drive these […]
***But you might like to order the books first (check them out and order from Amazon.) Note the book reviews from customers: Highest marks from educators, librarians, truckers, parents…and kids. Got kids in a class that like to rap? Video their efforts (with dramatic flourishes, as explained below) and maybe they’ll appear on the www.grandpaandthetruck.com […]
I felt like the stereotypical problem gambler in the vise-like grip of creditors (predators,) owing way more interest than I’d originally signed on for. How so? Quite simply, I was at the mercy (there is none) of debt collectors, because I hadn’t paid my student loans. But I wasn’t some casual drifter who ignored responsibilities. […]
Today’s Sheila Resseger commentary in the Providence Journal is a call to arms for parents, educators, and all who care where we’re going regarding Common Core and the PAARC. It’s not the first time former teacher Resseger’s weighed in, but her war cry’s gaining traction: Teachers’ union NEARI has determined to inform parents that they […]