The Writing Process
Have you ever had a character live in your head? I was shocked when I first learned that everyone didn’t have other worlds, characters...
Have you ever had a character live in your head? I was shocked when I first learned that everyone didn’t have other worlds, characters...
*This is a weekly serial blog, it will make way more sense if you start on www.kylamcdonald.com/post/spreader-week-1-the-escape* The...
*This is a weekly serial blog, it will make way more sense if you start on www.kylamcdonald.com/post/spreader-week-1-the-escape * Parker...
*This is a weekly serial blog, it will make way more sense if you start on Week 1 The Escape* As the overpass loomed above them Parker...
(Wait! Don't Go! My blog is undergoing a bit of a shift. After a year and a half of writing about day to day life, I'm going back to what...
We’re almost at the last quarter of 2020 and I don’t think any of us will be sorry to see it go. Everyone is tired of hearing about...
I just finished reading a book called The Library Book by Susan Orleans, it was delightful and that’s not a word I use lightly. It was a...
Time is in short supply right now. There are a lot of different hands pulling at the small shreds of time that I have available....
My blog this week is not so much a blog as a love letter to everyone working in education. I know it isn’t a bottle of wine or a basket...
If you have ever visited a chiropractor or physiotherapist, you probably know a little about getting adjusted. Sometimes, it’s really...
This week, I’m not going to write about education and the pandemic. I know It’s the topic of the day. In much of my world, it is all...
When I said last week that there was nothing to be gained by worrying, I meant it. The rational and logical parts of my brain stand...
It’s easy to think that going back to school within this pandemic is something worth worrying about. It’s harder to pinpoint exactly what...
Let’s productively discuss the impossible. I know that sounds a bit like an oxymoron, but if there was ever a time for thinking outside...
Sometimes thinking about family feels a little like thinking about the Grand Canyon, it’s almost too big and vast and deep to comprehend....
Not sleeping makes it hard to enjoy just about anything. It makes it hard to carry on a conversation and it definitely makes it hard to...
There are lots of crazy things about being human. I really think that we are the most bizarre of all the animals in the world. I mean,...
It’s Monday and usually I would have a whole 24 more hours before I would start to feel panicked because my blog has four beginnings, but...
After spending the morning decluttering my classroom, I think I can safely say that my class is now less cluttered than my mind. I need...
I don’t want to write this blog today. I don’t want to write about the head games that the provincial government is playing with the...