For the past couple of years, I’ve been listening to my inner voice, and it just keeps saying: Stay the… Read more The time has come to enter publishing exhaustion land again
Category: experiences
Turtles Galore!
My kids were set on entering our County Fair’s turtle race this year. It was a fun adventure. The idea… Read more Turtles Galore!
More Nature Awesomeness
https://lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=848146&p=26&view=issueViewer My latest article, “Lessons in the Rocks,” gave me a chance to talk about one of my favorite trips… Read more More Nature Awesomeness
I Survived the Youth Writing Workshop
I love teaching. I love writing. I love teaching writing. But it’s summer break, and not all students love learning… Read more I Survived the Youth Writing Workshop
What do you do with a broody hen?
Our chicken, Nix, is broody. She plucked out her bottom feathers and won’t eat or drink unless I collect her… Read more What do you do with a broody hen?
Teaching the Youth
Another year of teaching at my homeschooling co-op has wrapped up just as I’m finalizing my writer’s guild Youth writing… Read more Teaching the Youth
My 2025 Urban Nature Photo Contest Experience at Powder Valley Nature Center
Americans are so very fortunate to have the vibrant park systems that we know. I have always had at least… Read more My 2025 Urban Nature Photo Contest Experience at Powder Valley Nature Center
Chicken Life
It’s been a while since I wrote about my feathery babies. I swore I wouldn’t become a crazy chicken lady… Read more Chicken Life
Not too shabby
My latest story, “When the Sled Hits the Light Post,” won first place for the March contest with my local… Read more Not too shabby
Celebrating the END of educational bureaucracy
“The education system is changing as we breathe.” Clearing federal government waste from the education system gives parents, teachers, and… Read more Celebrating the END of educational bureaucracy
Jessica Marie Baumgartner 