Back in September, at my college, I began my English 101 class class by introducing the concept of cognitive dissonance. I also, that first day, asked how many students are first-generation college students. To my surprise, nearly every student raised his or her hand. Cognitive Dissonance, in short, is the tension created when we try […]
Trying to draw attention to a lovely journal — and a poem by moi…
If I’m Not by Bethany Reid If I’m not the woman you took me for then take your pick of women, scoop one from Earth’s bounty, the heart of a melon, a tomato sweet off the vine. If irises in late aft… Source: If I’m Not, poem by Bethany Reid (IF I Poetry and Prose […]
Friday evening, while I was out of town and hanging out with writers, my youngest daughter began a torrent of texts requesting — no, demanding — money for a Halloween costume. Little Red Riding Hood. Everyone at dinner was amused at how this absorbed my attention. How the $$ kept adding up. A perfect costume […]