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  • December 13, 2025

    Winter Morning

    When you fight the darkness All winter long It is exhausting Draining Absolutely desiccating. But a winter morning, Sitting in the dark With my electric fire Cup of tea A warm muffin And a lit tree Enjoyed from beneath a faux fir blanket With calcium eye patches clinging to my cheekbones Might be my favorite…

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    comfort, personal, perspective, poetry, stories, winter
  • November 22, 2025

    Live Music

    Music When the electric guitars And drum beats Fill my ears And my soul For a minute or two I’m not my to do list  I’m feet and bouncing And a breastbone that vibrates In tune with the beat And my eardrums thrum too And I can’t hear what they are telling me And I…

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    music, personal, stories
  • November 18, 2025

    Outer Shell

    At the table, she sits.  Unsmiling. A vision of fashion. A matching set. Cute shoes. Hair done. 4th grade royalty. But on her wrist sits A mismatched  beaded  bracelet. Made by her little brother  And it makes her smile If you ask her About it.

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    growing up, poetry, school, stories, students, teacher life, teacher thoughts, teaching
  • August 7, 2025

    Par 3

    One morning, 4 years ago, I was walking into work with a couple of coworkers. It was the kind of morning that is just quintessentially fall. The air was crisp and just slightly damp; there were a few scattered leaves on the ground, but not many, and they hadn’t had time to dry out and…

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    danger, education, learning, memories, school, teachers, teaching
  • May 15, 2025

    Kite Flying

    I am a kite on a beach. Dipping, rising, twisting, diving. I spread my arms and catch the air And it drives me skyward Laughter escapes as I scare myself.  Then turning I dive towards the sand Faster than I should Risking destruction The spectators scatter as I plummet Waiting for bright colors to shred…

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    btj, personal, poetry
  • May 4, 2025

    Brain Games

    The day we met. I had no idea. How many yesterdays. We would someday have. Tomorrow is a hope. A dream that might come true.  No one knows. What lies ahead. But we have today. And today is here. And so are we. Anchored in the present. 

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    btj, poetry
  • April 30, 2025

    -… – .—

    There is no real. There is no meaning. Only us. We might be alive,Or perhaps just 1’s and 0’s.Maybe we are simply a dream. But I love you.And you love me.And that’s enough.

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    Justin, personal, poetry
  • February 9, 2024

    Playing Catch Up

    Wow, I guess it’s been a minute huh. 2023 was a year. I find that it’s quite difficult to sum up a year in a few sentences but I guess I’ll try.  Obviously dominant over 2023 was my school life. Not only was I juggling a new role as a Social Studies teacher in 6th grade, but I…

    Personal Thoughts
    2023, granny, memories, updates
  • June 16, 2023

    Best Imitation of Myself

    The other night I went to a Ben Folds concert. Ben Folds is the kind of musician that gets into your head and into the fiber of your being. That he is one of the most talented people of a generation, is not even something worth arguing. He’s done just about everything short of losing…

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    ben folds, growing up, memories, music, time travel
  • April 26, 2023

    Losing my religion

    I’ve been thinking a lot about the extremist direction some people in this country want us to return to and it makes me reflect on the issues I have with religion. Once upon a time I was a born again Christian. Honestly it’s receded far enough into the background now that I don’t think many…

    Personal Thoughts
    action, exchristian, memories, nebraska, prayer, reliance, religion, stories
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