DISCLAIMER:  The picture was taken at a parade.  The city?  Doesn’t matter.  The state?  Doesn’t matter.  I purposely turned the color picture into black & white to help NOT identify the school’s uniform.  I purposely cropped the picture to not include the student’s face or even gender.  I want this photo to focus on the […]

Well, I probably write enough on Facebook, but I have forty-five minutes until my students are to be in their band uniforms ready to perform at their third high school football game of the year.  Just to give you an idea… it is Friday, September 23, 2016.  Earlier this week a Charlotte man – who

August 21, 2016 Dear PJ and Katy, Three dates that made my life significantly better:  March 30, 1991 – The day your mom and I got married April 18, 1994 – The day PJ was born May 24, 1996 – The day Katy was born And now, a date that confuses me and doesn’t really

I am very “frugal” about the blogs I post / give.  I realize I am THE blog writer with NOT a lot of readers.  I am lucky if I have 10 readers, but I am blessed to be able share my thoughts and afford this medium to share my thoughts. So, as I write this

Well, after a couple hours of thought and twenty-seven years being a high school music teacher, I thought I would write about HOW HILARY WILL IMPROVE SCHOOLS.  Yes, that’s right.  This man who will NOT vote for Hilary is going to write about HOW HILARY WILL IMPROVE SCHOOLS.  ANY PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES HE OR SHE WILL IMPROVE SCHOOLS should not

Once-in-a-lifetime … We hear that phrase and there are still those “once-in-a-lifetime” moments.  Well, here is one that many of us directly share and indirectly share.  The death of an aunt.  On June 23, 2016 the most special Aunt in our country died:  Anne M. Flynn.  Yes, you have the most special aunt, also.  So,

Once upon a time, in a land not too far away, there once was a high school music teacher named Mr. Edwards.  Now, Mr. Edwards was unlike any other or let’s say unlike most high school music teachers.  He realized long ago that Johnny-student was more important than the Key of B-Flat.  Mr. Edwards truly

Since 1989, I have been teaching high school music.  High school.  Teenagers (I call them “Young adults” but I get admonished (which stresses me out), “they’re children, Mr. Everts”) and their midlife crisis parents.  Twenty-seven consecutive years.  Wanna talk about stress?  Teenagers?  Midlife crisis parents?  Yes… that is stressful and just think … high school

Since 1989, I have taught high school music.  No breaks.  No sabbatical.  Well, there were those two times when lies and evil took me out of the classroom.  I continue to work on forgiving those who did not believe me and chose to believe others who did not like me or really — did not

Parenting is an easy job?  A simple job?  Having had experience being a father since 1994, not once but doubled that responsibility in 1996, I can tell you it is one of the most challenging and BEST jobs in the world.  I bring to your attention to a recent article that actually has me concerned