Never fails me...

13 October 2025: Since I first read it in eleventh grade and it forever changed the way I felt about what a novel could do, The Scarlet Letter has never failed me. Today, in a tag-team operation with my students, it delivered 50 minutes of the absolute joy that is being in the classroom. My eyes still feel puffy and my head still feels stuffy from yesterday's tears, but I feel more restored and renewed.