Well, hello! After a week off for the 4th of July, I returned to find that my local school district announced some big changes for the...

“Wow, that’s really manly of you, to be such a good person!” – Ancient Romans As we continue our study of etymology, it may amuse (annoy?...

“Bat shi*t,” repeated Salima Ikram, the queen of Egyptology, in her posh British accent to her hyperventilating students.  

There’s an old quote that the world is a book, and those who don’t travel read only one page. I quite agree, but I have my own little...

I wanted to be in her bed, but I ended up in her walls instead. 6-foot thick monstrosities built to withstand the most fortified...

“On my count, and…go.” Clad entirely in black, from her headband to her yoga pants, Karen scrabbled over the fence into her neighbors’...

In the last episode of the Vocabbett podcast, I suggested that a more autonomous trend might emerge in education in a post-COVID-19...

With summer finally upon us, it’s only natural that people have begun to ask what school will look like when (if?) we return in the fall....

All the chattering souls gathered at 5 Manderly Place to discuss the most pressing matters of the century. The address was an old one in...

Hello, and happy Thursday! Amid the rest of the news in the world lately (and heaven knows there’s been plenty!), you might not have seen...

I didn’t want to be a teacher. Not really.  But I’m not tall enough to be an actress, and my parents said I’d never make any money as a...

Fat Amy sneezed. Her fellow Bellas, singers from the premiere a cappella group at Barden University, shied back in a way they hadn’t...

We made it! Episode 18 of the Vocabbett podcast contains the final installment of our “5 Ways to Instantly Sound Smarter”...

Back when I was teaching English, I used to describe grammar like this: Imagine that instead of a writer or speaker, you’re a painter. In...

I'm going to give you a few sentences, and I want you to see if you can spot the error: “There’s so many things I have to do today.”...

For years, I meandered blithely through life thinking that “less” and “fewer” meant the same thing. For the sake of convenience, I used...

I am SO excited about this podcast because it kicks off a mini-series called “5 Ways to Instantly Sound Smarter.” In it, we’re going over...

“Morty!” I whispered. “What is it?” “A cow!” “A cow?” my husband replied. “But we’re in heaven.” “Heaven’s front yard, at least...

Episode 12 of the Vocabbett podcast shares brilliant insults from across television and literature. And when I say “brilliant,” I mean...

When the spate of school closures began as a result of COVID-19, many people (myself included!) thought the closures wouldn't last more...