Category Archives: musings
Rethinking Goals, Editing Dreams
As you get older, you find yourself negotiating with the plans that you had previously thought were non-negotiable. Your plans become suggestions, and then forgotten ideas. I decided that I would not let that happen to me. However, I would … Continue reading
The Failings of the Public School
Next year, I will again be teaching (or trying to) 10th and 11th graders, while watching my favorite students, who I’ve taught for the past two years, move on to AP Lit. It is not a happy day. My C … Continue reading
Dreams
I had a dream last night that I gave birth. Apparently, there was something wrong with the baby, and it didn’t make it. The nurses covered for this mistake by giving me a different baby- a cabbage patch doll. Later, … Continue reading
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Telluride Bluegrass Wrap-Up
Thursday, June 19th We certainly had a memorable start to this year’s Bluegrass Festival. We headed down to the park at around 11:30ish, arriving around Noon. My dad had gone early to set up our blankets and chairs, and it … Continue reading
Thoughts on To-hell-you-ride
The more time I spend here, the more I realize that this really is one of the most beautiful, natural places in the United States. The fact that it is ridiculously hard to get to doesn’t hurt, either. The weather … Continue reading
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Philip Roth
Thank you, Ugly Betty. This is now all I can think of when I think of my favorite author now.BTW – Portnoy’s Complaint: not his best.
Teaching
Writing recommendations is a strange thing. It means two things: first, that the student really likes you, and two, that the student thinks you like them back. It warms the heart a little.
She runs faster than her dreams faster than the man on the corner whipping up a fresh batch of empty promises. faster than her work and her time, faster than the world.
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Song for Someone
As I was running by this house, this house I have passed a million times, I stopped for a moment as I heard a choir singing. It was Christmas, and though the sun was out, the people inside had … Continue reading
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