This morning, in the midst of a major meltdown during my writing time, I heard something knocking and went outside to find a pileated woodpecker on the dead tree behind my cabin. My meltdown was impressive — my 13-year old could have learned a few tricks from it. On Thursday I go back to work — […]
I opened an old notebook, thinking I must have a poem — one bad poem — that would illustrate this feeling. And I found this, from February. I keep confronting the same blocks, and learning the same lessons over and over again. It’s a spiral. THE TABLET OF THE HEART Today my heart is a […]
Just when I was wondering if there is another way to “be,” a friend sent me this video of Dancing Matt. I especially appreciated that its sites include the USS Abraham Lincoln, where many of my students (and spouses of students) have served. I hope you enjoy it, too. ap120710.html
I love September. Perhaps because I’ve been a student and a teacher most of my life, the year seems to me to begin in September rather than January. I got married on September 1st, 27 years ago. Of course there’s the bliss of new school supplies. In truth, I get a little antsy at the […]