The Coming Apocalypse
My student Christian Zerbel stars in this video (8 minutes), produced for the EvCC Clipper by another of my students, Paul Edwards. If you’re wondering what’s going to happen on Dec. 21, 2012, perhaps you should watch it, too.
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Entries by Bethany
“Little Big People”
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 […]
Conflict
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 […]
Blog Envy
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.