One Does What One Can Tricia Lott Williford February 13, 2026 5 Comments The world is on fire right now. Things are atrociously wrong. There is a call to action. There is a… Read more
On Paying Attention Tricia Lott Williford March 3, 2025 4 Comments In my class, we are reading Bridge to Terabithia, one of my favorite books in the history of ever. Today,… Read more
On Cooking Tricia Lott Williford December 28, 2024 No Comments “I do not cook,” I have often said in the last couple of years. I allowed that this could be… Read more
Snow Day Tricia Lott Williford November 7, 2024 2 Comments Snow day, slow day. Don’t-get-up-and-go day. Snow day, slow day. Leave-me-happily-alone-day. Snow day, slow day. Just-give-me-my-books day. Snow day, slow… Read more
Bad Days and Good Stories Tricia Lott Williford May 24, 2024 2 Comments I have this weekly time with my students that we call Wisdom from Mrs. Heyer. I have told them, there… Read more
To Be Part of the Song Tricia Lott Williford April 21, 2024 4 Comments Today I read an essay about a monk in a monastery, who, when asked why he was a monk, said,… Read more
Elf On The Shelf: I Did Not See That Coming Tricia Lott Williford December 7, 2023 No Comments Do a quick Pinterest search for the Elf on the Shelf, and you’ll find headlines like these: 75 easy ideas… Read more
There’s Always One Tricia Lott Williford August 5, 2023 2 Comments I have a collection of letters from recent fourth graders, full of advice and well wishes for a new school… Read more
This Mom, Other Moms, Shining Stars and State Testing Tricia Lott Williford March 26, 2023 2 Comments “Mom, can you opt us out of the state testing?” “Why?” “Because some other moms are doing that.” “Maybe they… Read more
That’s Not Everything About Her Tricia Lott Williford February 14, 2023 4 Comments We had just introduced ourselves, this group of people who would share the day together. They’re somewhere in between learning… Read more
Names I Can’t Say Yet Tricia Lott Williford February 10, 2023 1 Comment I have students whose names I cannot pronounce yet. I’ve never learned how to read these collections of letters. When… Read more
Once A Teacher, Always a Teacher. Tricia Lott Williford February 5, 2023 2 Comments It’s been seventeen years since I was in the classroom. A few things have changed. The shoes I’m willing to… Read more
The Champions of December: A Love Note to the Teachers Tricia Lott Williford December 13, 2022 No Comments Let’s talk about who’s really killing it during the month of December: The Teachers. They’re planning units that are the… Read more
A Word to Graduates Tricia Lott Williford May 26, 2021 No Comments Middle School is officially in the rearview mirror. Everybody finished, everybody survived, and I don’t just mean the eighth graders.… Read more
School is In Session Tricia Lott Williford February 9, 2021 4 Comments I took my children to school today. It felt gloriously normal, like muscles that have ached to be stretched. It’s… Read more
Front Lines and Finish Lines Tricia Lott Williford May 18, 2020 1 Comment This is the final week of distance learning, a household term that nobody knew three months ago. This week, we… Read more
So Much “Leisure Time” Tricia Lott Williford May 1, 2020 2 Comments Back when I was navigating the long days with little people, some researchers endeared themselves to me with a released… Read more
The Sadness is Real: An Open Letter to the Teachers Tricia Lott Williford March 19, 2020 9 Comments “What’s keeping you awake at night?” A friend of mine asks this question when she wants to get the to… Read more
The Stages of The Carpool Lane, and also I Wrote a New Book Tricia Lott Williford August 24, 2018 3 Comments The carpool lane might be one of the world’s best arguments for homeschooling. If there’s one thing that most consistently… Read more
Middle-School-Cafeteria Confidence Tricia Lott Williford January 26, 2018 3 Comments Well, I’m about to be a Middle School Parent. We went to the Parents’ Information Night this week, to dip… Read more
