Is It Just Me?

One thing I love about conversations (real, honest-to-goodness conversations between real, actual people) is that they don’t ever end — not even when one or both parties stop talking. When people talk with one another, when we share and discuss ideas,...

A Blank Page is a Very Special Thing

If you have ever watched kids shop at a Scholastic book fair, you KNOW that a journal full of blank pages is often the thing they want the most. Kids want to fill in those blank pages themselves. They want to color, draw, and write on those blank pages. They want to...

My AI Journal

It’s September 19, 2026, and I’m officially starting my AI journal. I’m not using any generative AI tools to write this journal (nor do I plan to). That’s not what I mean by “AI journal.” This is simply a place where I’d like to record my...