by J. Jones | Jan 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
And the end has come again. The end of another year. Another year of the Covid pandemic. Another year of unrest. Another year of the life we’ve learned to live. Things have changed in so many ways since March 2020. How we buy items has changed. The availability...
by J. Jones | Dec 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’ve just come out of a season of thanks. A season to be grateful. A season of spending time with family and friends. However, setting aside time at the end of November to do all those things seems odd if we are not doing them all year. It’s sort of like...
by J. Jones | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
In November, my seventh-grade students will write a realistic fiction short story. In doing so, I get the honor of teaching them some of the same things I have been learning over the past several...
by J. Jones | Oct 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Seasons Bringing a Fruitful Life My wife, Shiloh Marie, and I recently celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary on September 21st, the last day of summer. And as we ushered into the first day of autumn, I was reminded of how seasons are signs of change. Change in...
by J. Jones | Sep 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Can you picture a cinderblock sitting between the triggers in your brain and your fingers? A large obstacle keeping you from typing or writing what you’re trying to think? That would be a horrible way to live. It would suck your thoughts from you like a vacuum. A...
by J. Jones | Aug 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I write this, we are under a heat advisory here in St. Louis. Nothing new. It’s so crazy that the Midwest can have some of the coldest temperatures in the winter and then turn around and have some of the hottest temps in the summer. That’s why I prefer spring or...
