Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Short in stature; tall in brilliance

    Mrs. Loggins taught English at a high school in rural North Carolina where I grew up. If she had stood on her tiptoes, she might have barely stretched past the five-feet mark on a door jamb. She was pleasingly plump and wore her dark hair in a cute pixie cut. As one of the younger teachers, she connected well with 16-year-olds. I had the luck and privilege of being one of her tenth-grade students.

It would be my quest for nine years

  A heron embraces the sunshine 🍁🌿🍁🌿🍁 In my senior year of high school , I spent hours in the sitting room next to the guidance counsel...