Here’s an essay, “Little Big People” by Chelsea Cain, from this week’s New York Times book review page. In it, Cain tells us about her two writing groups, either of which I would love to join. I’m going to make my students read it, too. “Write what you love. Write about dragons. And if you […]
It’s Wednesday afternoon. I am still working on the papers I was supposed to return to my students on Monday, and now I have two new sets of papers to grade. I get this choked up, weepy feeling. I want to go to my boss’s corner office and say, “I’m done. I quit.” I can’t remember why […]
I read today’s post at The Pen and the Bell, and wished it were mine (great message, amazing picture). The next best thing I can do is share it with you: http://www.penandbell.com/thank-you/ I’m thankful for writing friends like Holly Hughes and Brenda Miller. I’m thankful for readers, too.
Garrison Keillor’s poem today is Louise Erdrich’s “Advice to Myself.” Given that I have wasted much of the day being angry at my husband for asking me to rinse out a cereal bowl, it’s good advice to me, too. Plus we get the added benefit of listening to Garrison read a poem. An experience of […]