Mona's Blog

one hundred cubes

by Ramona Mudd October 23, 2021

This week, the 2nd graders got their 100th...square. Cube? Whatever, it's from the base ten magnetic block set. Ten ones make a ten. Ten tens make ...

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the trust walk

by Ramona Mudd October 19, 2021

I have a little boy in my class and-true story-he's head over heels in love with a little girl. I intercepted a note that he once tried to slapshot...

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needs must

by Ramona Mudd October 17, 2021

At about 10:30 last night, 200 miles into a 250 mile drive, Mag and I stopped to use the restroom. If you've ever driven through Illinois and India...

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americana

by Ramona Mudd October 09, 2021

About halfway through today I texted Dan to ask him out. Out on a date. I have been busy, busy, busy, getting ready for Sunday. And he has been dis...

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built for travel

by Ramona Mudd September 22, 2021

Years ago, Will and I were on an early morning flight headed to parts unremembered. Likely it was to the east coast. To summer. To Massachusetts. B...

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neopolitan world

by Ramona Mudd September 18, 2021

I'm not really sure how to start this story. Stories usually just germinate and begin in my mind. From the beginning...aaaaand GO! But the mind of ...

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a story in five parts

by Ramona Mudd September 15, 2021

In second grade I teach the kids to write a five-part story. Is it the program we use? Perhaps not exactly. But is it the curriculum? Yes. And is i...

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hippies and fanatics

by Ramona Mudd September 14, 2021

Mags is a bit under the weather. Not COVID-related. Just the other things in life. "I kept feeling like maybe I had a fever,"I touch her head. "But...

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market underworld

by Ramona Mudd September 12, 2021

This season at the farmers market I have been a part time vendor. What that means is that I request to come to the market on the weekends that I ca...