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          ........ word of the summer ........
amelioration - n. -  1. to improve or make 
​something better; 2. the alleviation of pain,
​discomfort, or distress; 3. an easing of 

intensity or severity.

...my interwebs...


the mad of mind scientist   -> HERE

CA redemption song -> HERE

plant nerd paradise  -> HERE


Intrinsick Mag -> HERE

MisterHager on YouTube  -> HERE
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Pics taken of or by over there  -------->


Words placed in sequence at a keyboard, a feeble attempt to produce literature from the ether of a damaged psyche, a task no less daunting than producing gold nuggets from burning piles of dog poop. Results vary from noxious fumes to caramelized poop, but every once in while--abracadabra and ta da. Precious stones.

In my spare time I teach middle school science.  Middle school is fraught with emotion, comedy, the dramas of adolescent struggle, and all the lowest common denominators of human existence. I tell a joke that seventh grade is the low point of human development. It may not be a joke. It is a little known fact that the book Lord of the Flies is a thinly veiled metaphor for life in middle school, and I'm pretty sure all those kiddos were seventh graders.

In my spare spare time I run a school garden, where I pass the hours poking sticks in the dirt and planting seeds, and sometimes beautiful things actually grow from those muddy little holes in the Earth. This is a thinly veiled metaphor for middle school also.

Thanks for stopping by. Check the contact page for more places to find me.

– J.D.H.
Verbalose Plus (croissant)
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