Month: December 2009
Tradition is a fluid process, not a fixed point. And so it is that we put away the remnants of another Christmas past, burdened by our efforts to please both tradition and present reality. The […]
I’ve devoted a good chunk of the day, when I wasn’t doing laundry or last-minute shopping, to setting up a new blog. Meet Journally. It’s a blog of journal prompts for students in composition and […]
The “Black Jesus” episode of Good Times is one of my most memorable childhood television experiences. It ranks right up there with the Pearl Harbor episode of The Waltons for TV that taught me something. […]
I was loading my car to head to my parents’ house for Christmas. I opened my door, and in walked a black and white kitten. He looked at me, he looked around, he went to […]
My Facebook feed has had an odd serendipity today, yielding a wonderful article about what the Saints mean to New Orleans and a report that places Mississippi in the top ten happiest states in the […]
Monday morning I found a twenty dollar bill in my jacket pocket that I thought I’d lost. Â I was happy I found it. Â I gave my money toward an office Christmas present for our office […]
I grew up cash poor and opportunity rich. Â Maybe you won’t even know what I mean unless you too grew up in this way. Â Some people are born poor without anything to offset the mental […]
Meet Elizabeth Cottage, the house I think of as home when asked where home is. Â I lived in six houses and a dorm room from birth to age 18, but this one was mine up […]
Participate even if you could orchestrate. Participating in classroom activities means you are experiencing issues and trials along with your students. It means you’re experimenting with them and feeling the joy and pride with them […]
I hate smarmy tributes to teachers as life changers. You know the ones where people say they would have been out on the streets if not for Mrs. So-and-So. I know that teachers do have […]