It’s been a few years since I’ve updated this blog. When I was actively adding content, I wrote about teaching, the writing process, coaching, and family.
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The Ridge Road
Because things are tough today, I turn right instead of left out of the faculty lot. I’m thinking, maybe a different road will offer some perspective, or at the very least, time to gather myself.
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Pictures of Home
“Fun fact,” my wife says, turning from the counter and the shallot she was chopping so she could toss me this sideways little grin that makes me wilt a little with love inside. “This also doesn’t call for shallots. So.…
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Gratitudes
I am grateful, today, for the blessing of time. I’m glad to have had the chance to sit down for these few minutes of writing. I’m grateful for the way my wife began her day: speaking to our dog about…
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Homesick
I did time in Norwich. East Anglia. England. My room had a closet for clothes and another closet for the bathroom. The city was ten minutes away from campus by bus, twenty if I ran it. And I did run,…
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Finding Creative Space in the Memory of a Room that was Once Nearly Mine
I wrote one of my first successful – I should say “impactful” – stories in an upstairs room that had been recently vacated by a roommate of mine.
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Rejection – Take 2
Two of my students write on their smartphones. Another records himself reading class notes aloud, so he can play the tapes back to himself and study during his hour commute to campus. One student writes her drafts by hand, while another, who…
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Rejection – Take 1
This happened a while ago. What happened was, I wrote a story about a young nurse and her elderly patient for the “Bridge the Gap” contest Camera Obscura was putting on. I felt great about the story. While I now…
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Why I’ve Had Trouble Writing about Finishing the Flying Pig Marathon Relay with My Family.
“You should write up an article,” he said. I told him I would try. Why couldn’t I do it?
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