Author Archives: hdh

About hdh

I have been telling stories for over 40 years and writing forever. I am a retired teacher and storyteller. I hope to expand upon my repertoire and use this blog as a place to do writing. The main purpose is to give me and others that choose to comment, a space in which to play with issues that deal with storytelling, storytelling ideas, storytelling in education, reactions to events, and just plain fun stories. I explore some of my own writing throughout, from character analysis, to fictional, to poetry, and personal stories. I go wherever my muse sends me. Enjoy!

A Comedy of Errors

Posted on October 14, 2017 by hdh

It was my 3rd year of teaching. I was teaching 6th grade. I was in the final stages of my Master’s project, which was to teach my social studies curriculum using the theme, “the History of Communication.” Way back in … Continue reading →

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Dialogue – a talk with me

Posted on September 12, 2017 by hdh

Writing and Teaching: A talk with myself As I was cleaning up one of my bookshelves at home, I uncovered an old handwritten writer’s notebook I had kept. In 1979, I participated in the Bay Area Writing Project in my school … Continue reading →

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First Days

Posted on September 9, 2017 by hdh

As a teacher, I have a plethora of first days of school. Each one leaves an imprint that sets up the tone for a year of learning. As a reflective practitioner, I kept journals of every year that I taught. … Continue reading →

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Whiplash!

Posted on August 8, 2017 by hdh

As a writing assignment from a writing workshop I am taking, I had to choose from a list of nonsense words, taken from the book, The Nonsense Show by Eric Carle and write something. Here’s what I wrote: Whiplash When my … Continue reading →

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Spiral of Time

Posted on August 4, 2017 by hdh

  Spiral of Time Time goes on. It’s a spiral, ever focusing on an endpoint that you cannot see. The further you get away from the start, the greater the past seems, ever-widening with history and the story of your … Continue reading →

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It must be magic.

Posted on June 10, 2017 by hdh

Oh, how education has changed. In my youthful days of teaching, there were so many things that we were able to do. We had projects that we involved the kids in that enhanced our curriculum. Some of them took a … Continue reading →

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Grow Up!

Posted on May 13, 2017 by hdh

Grow up! My name was Uncle Itch. I believe that it came about from the fact that my nieces and nephews at a very young age preferred to call me that rather than Uncle H. The name stuck with me … Continue reading →

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A to Z Blog Challenge Reflection 2017

Posted on May 5, 2017 by hdh

       A to Z Blog Challenge – Reflection (What if…?) This is my second year doing the A to Z Blog Challenge. I will admit that this year was harder than last year. Last year’s theme I chose was Life’s … Continue reading →

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Z – Zoom, Zoom

Posted on April 30, 2017 by hdh

What if we could Zoom-in to things with just our eyes? There are times when I’m trying to take a picture of some wildlife that I don’t get the shot because the animal moves away before I can get set-up, … Continue reading →

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Y – To be young again!

Posted on April 29, 2017 by hdh

What if we could stay young? If you go to St. Augustine, Florida you can visit Ponce de Leon’s Fountain of Youth (https://goo.gl/pzgaZ6). The story behind Ponce de Leon’s search for the fountain of youth has never been proven. But … Continue reading →

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