dear gifted dears,

hope you’re well – two weeks – sniff:( i know you’re all very sad…

congrats to kaitlin b for winning the prize of first to blog this summer – not only does she win an A for the year, she also will get first dibs on our nook in the classroom

what’s that, you say??? a nook? yes, we have a barnes and noble e-reader for the class now – i’m excited – very excited – very geeked up – did i mention i was excited???

we also have a new camera for the newsroom – but nothing as cool as the nook!!!

as for reading, last week, i worked media days so i read a ton about sec football (in short, every coach is optimistic about the year to come and every fan thinks their team will be undefeated this year) – i finished the new testament for the third time in a year – so i went back to the book of isaiah

i’m about 100 pages from finishing “the promise” by jonathan alter – about president obama’s first year in office – sadly, i’d forgotten much of what happened in 2009 – the book reminds me of a bob woodard book i read in ’94 on clinton’s first year in office – sort of the “inside” story – and as a political junkie, i love those types of books

next up is “the hardest questions aren’t on the test” – an education book – that and some of the BOB material should keep me busy until i see ya’ll – take care

sincerely,
mafeld