The Turtle Part
My 11th grade students are reading THE GRAPES OF WRATH. Okay, that’s a lie. They’re studying it, though. Because I […]
Open Letter to the High School Kid who Played Ball with my Boy
Thank you. I’m not talking to the You who was my student, or the You who is a poet. Right
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Intentions
Can a person make a habit of good intentions? Because on the surface that sounds like Not a Bad Idea.
Writing Snowflakes
I’m having one of those existential moments when I’m finished reading to my Creative Writing class and pestering those who
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What They Say about Writing (and How They’re Probably Right)
Hey, writer people: If you want to write, you write, they say. Do it every day, they say. And you
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Crazy-Amazing
Some days you want to forget, you hear me? And then there are days like yesterday. I never want to
Breaks
I love my Christmas vacation! (Look! An Exclamation Mark! Many Marks!) I have my whole little family home, and we
Wrapping
(As in Wrapping up the Year. I’m not still doing presents the Day After.) Christmas was lovely and precious and
Family Christmas Letter, The 2014 Version
Hello, Dear Family and Friends! We have an update on our tiny, happy world: Jana (19) shows university no mercy.
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Truce
You know the story of the World War I Christmas Truce? Where the German soldiers sing “Stille Nacht” from the