About hdh
I have been telling stories for over 40 years and writing forever. I am a retired teacher and storyteller. I hope to expand upon my repertoire and use this blog as a place to do writing. The main purpose is to give me and others that choose to comment, a space in which to play with issues that deal with storytelling, storytelling ideas, storytelling in education, reactions to events, and just plain fun stories. I explore some of my own writing throughout, from character analysis, to fictional, to poetry, and personal stories. I go wherever my muse sends me. Enjoy!
Quiet Time In this day of electronic devices, how often do you see people walking with earbuds on listening to some sort of mp3 player or smart phone. I tend to be guilty of that too. What is missed … Continue reading →
Positive, Perseverance, Progress One thing that I’ve learned throughout my years of teaching is that one must keep positive thoughts. There is plenty research out there that states that being positive, smiling, optimistic and enjoying what you are doing has … Continue reading →
Oops Plan We all make mistakes. Mistakes are an important part of learning. When I was teaching older elementary students (10 and 11-year-olds) I would discuss with them the importance of learning from mistakes. I’m not sure exactly when and … Continue reading →
N: What’s all that racket? I lived in an apartment until I was eighteen. I grew up with two older sisters. They are 5 and 8 years older that I am. I’m not sure how active they were when they … Continue reading →
Could you repeat that? There are many things that happen to our bodies and senses as we age. Those bones that never creaked before. The obnoxious hiss that I hear perpetually in my ear from tinnitus. The graying and loss … Continue reading →
But They Only Check Out Books? As school districts look to cut costs, in our tax capped society their priority is not to cut programs. At least, that is what they espouse. They look to make cuts that will least … Continue reading →
Knapsacks and Keyboarding I have always been a kind of rebel. Not in the rowdy, disrespectful, wild kind. But one that doesn’t always follow the norm. I always tried new things, not to be intentionally different; I just wanted to … Continue reading →
My Journals – the reflective practitioner I worked in a Middle School with sixth graders and their teachers from the Spring semester of my junior year in college through my student teaching semester in the Spring of my senior year. … Continue reading →
Uncle Itch I was invited by a school district to do a storytelling performance with the theme being family history/memories. At first, I was going to decline the opportunity, since I didn’t have any stories about either. But I changed my … Continue reading →
Hans Christian Andersen In 1981, when the Middle School, where I had taught 6th grade, asked me to be in their musical play, “Hans Christian Andersen” as the lead character, I was a little hesitant. First, I had never acted … Continue reading →
