Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

The following appeared on the Facebook page for Republican Megan Degenfelder for WY State Superintendent of Public Instruction: It’s no wo...

Daughter Annie has been chronicling her graduation experience on her blog . She graduated from Laramie County Community College on May 14 an...

Annie Shay, happy graduate (LCCC photo) Daughter Annie graduates from Laramie County Community College on Saturday. We are so proud of her. ...

It was a cringe-worthy headline above the fold in Saturday's Wyoming Tribune-Eagle :  Air Force base leaders speak out against COMMUNITY...

This post comes from my daughter Annie's blog. She's a liberal arts major at Laramie County Community College with a strong interest...

This Cheyenne conference addresses the very timely topic of racism in the U.S.  From a press release: Nate Breen, LCSD1 board membe...

"I don't feel safe here." This isn't a Baltimorian, besieged in his (Trump's words) "disgusting rat and rodent ...

The five-year-old boy from New Hampshire didn't talk much. He held up his right hand as the nurse dressed his wounds and I stood by to a...

It seems that arts education can be a wonderful asset in standing up to bullies. That was on display last week at the CNN town hall meetin...

Our young people feel betrayed. Youngsters are getting murdered at a sickening rate. After the Florida high school attack, survivors are...

Below is an e-mail I sent to Father Lopez Catholic High School President Pat LaMorte in Daytona Beach, Florida. It's in response to Mar...

Official logo of the March for Science Wyoming, set for Laramie on April 22. T-shirts are for sale with this design. All of the proceeds g...

Nobody in the Trump administration asked me for help, but I am offering it anyway. First of all, a bit of history about typographical erro...

This photo by renowned photog and my college housemate Bob Page shows ritualistic behavior in collegians circa 1975. In the mid-70s, it wa...

It seems as if I've read hundreds of critiques about M.F.A. writing programs over the years. They usually fall into two camps. No. 1: I...

I watched the entire Repub debate tonight with some Dem friends. My brain has turned to mush. As far as wordplay goes, kudos go to Mike Huck...

When my 33-year-old furnace coughed, sputtered and died. I called an English major. Just kidding. Our household already includes one Engli...

Fiction must be very dangerous. Why else would parents and school officials be trying to censor Huckleberry Finn , The Scarlet Letter, an...

The Casper Star-Tribune reported this last night: A political group representing Wyoming teachers announced Monday it has withdrawn supp...

Walked neighborhoods for Mike Ceballos this afternoon. Mike is the Democratic Party candidate for superintendent of public instruction. A fi...