I know it has been a while since I have made a post. A great deal of things have been happening. I put Coal Republic on hold about a month ago (again, I’m sorry) because so many things keep happening that require my immediate attention. As you know my job (as a teacher at a high need school) doesn’t allow me to go into many details about he issues I am facing there, but I can say we have too many students in crisis, too many students in need, and not enough of us to go around. In addition to those issues, Cate is finishing up her schooling and I have done all I can to help her with that. He union has demanded more of my time as well. We have been working hard to elect pro-education candidates in the aftermath of he strike in February, as well as pass a school levy in Kanawha County. I have also been working on several paid commissions for the fist time in two years (which I had not been doing to focus on Coal Republic), and I have been making most of my gifts for the Christmas season. All of that combined with the normal efforts of having two toddlers and the extra responsibilities I have taken on at work for additional money (Leadership Team, PD Team, Vice President of he LSIC, Vice President of the Faculty Senate, Saturday School Teacher) and my position as an executive board member of AFT Kanawha and co-building rep for my building… It is just a lot of keep up with. I have been trying to develop my skills as a painter in doing a self portrait. For those of you following my Instagram I have been documenting that process on there. I hope this explains where I am, and I can guarantee I will be posting with more frequency but I can say that I will work towards it. Too many irons maybe, but if it isn’t hard then what’s the point?
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