friendships – Real Teaching

Easter and a Slice of Life

March 31, 2024 pfornale4 Comments

On this, the final day of the March 2024 Slice of Life Challenge, I wish all who celebrate a Blessed Easter. Moreover, I extend my congratulations to all who participated in this month's challenge. Circumstances this year have made my own participation a challenge; however, I made a determined exercise of posting each day--no matter [...]

Madame Jocelyn

February 15, 2014 pfornaleLeave a comment

Originally published on Open Salon on April 24, 2011: Recently, my mind has been on a recently departed friend and colleague. Her name was Jocelyn, but I always called her Madame. Madame and I met in early 1992 when I became a long-term substitute at an inner-city high school in Pennsylvania. I was just beginning [...]