The Need Is So Great Jim Moore Sometimes I just sit like this at the window and watch the darkness come. If I’m smart, I’ll put on Bach. I’m thinking now of how far it always seems there is to go. Maybe it is too easy that I speak so often of late last light on a
A friend texted me yesterday to tell me hi–she saw me walking up the hill. She said I look taller. I think she’s right. Knowing I”m not going back to school next week has literally lifted me. I loved teaching. So much. I adored my students. I love our high school. It was amazing to
I’m writing lots of words this summer. Not in gigantic chunks (that’s what next week’s retreat is for), but I’m consistently and happily working on revision and finishing a(nother) draft. I write in my bed. I write in my “writing room” where I have a kitchen chair at a tiny desk and a yummy recliner
I’m done teaching. Not just for the school year. I mean, I’m DONE teaching. And I feel things about this. Mostly super happy things. I love not having my alarm set. I love going outside when I feel like it. I love wearing sweats and not doing my hair/face. I love taking a nap in
Words of Becca’s Wisdom for today: Some stuff just stands the test of time. I’m specifically thinking of movies right now – ones I’ve watched over and over with similar delight. Want to know what some of them are? How about I give you a hint (like three quotes from each)? Then, if you know
Disclaimer: Yes, I do recognize that I have other children. However, they spend all day in school, and only this smallest person is home with me through all these hours of every day. So Matthew pulled out his very own first loose tooth last night. When he told me, about two weeks ago, that his