Posted in art, teaching, writing on Oct 6th, 2007 No Comments »
The last three weeks have been overwhelmingly busy at work. I’ve been at work or meetings for work until at least 6 every night. Several things have occurred at work that are like tiny whispers I need to process.
For one, I had kids staying for tutoring on Wednesday. One of the boys is, to use [...]
Posted in art, friends, writing on Aug 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
Today, I opened my Somerset Home magazine, and opened to the Welcome Home section, which quotes Oprah, “I think that when we invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.”
This is a fitting quote on so many levels. I think of my girl friends who’ve had tumultous lives and they remember the houses [...]
Posted in art, teaching, writing on Aug 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
My classroom is finished. The books are all organized on book racks, placed carefully in a clear shoe caddy–which is perfect for books, by the way– and hung on the back of my closet door. I have over 200 books ranging from a few classics to the new award winners to the most popular book [...]
Posted in teaching, writing on Aug 20th, 2007 5 Comments »
I love my job. Despite the fact that daily something horrible is said about teachers–some do deserve the negative press–I love what I do, and I take it seriously. I’m a teacher. That role is so important. In my hands, I hold the fate of so many variables. I can entice kids to love [...]
Posted in art, friends, writing on Aug 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
No art this weekend, but I’m planning. Over the years, I’ve learned I’m a pre-writer, pre-painter, pre-scrapbooker, all in my head. As teacher of writing, I teach kids how to pre-write on paper, draft, revise, edit–all on paper, which is always difficult for me because I do it in my head. For years, I’d write [...]
Posted in art, blogging: a process, photos, writing on Aug 11th, 2007 5 Comments »
I spent the day looking at antique malls, Tuesday Mornings and TJ Max, and found some great stuff to decorate my new art room. It’s going to be lovely.
I also went to the art store and got fabric paper to print family photos on. I’m hoping to make some wall art out of the photos. [...]
Posted in blogging: a process, teaching, writing on Aug 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
Trying to get into the groove of writing on my blog everyday is proving difficult. Right now, time is limited, but I’m so looking forward to a routine in the fall that will allow me to post at least every other day.
I’ve been back in my classroom, trying to get it set up. It’s a [...]
Posted in genealogy, writing on Aug 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
It’s been days since I updated. Lots of reasons, but the main one is that I’m trying desperately to finish my family history before schools starts. I met with my grandma and her first cousin, Mildred, this past week to gather some stories. It was fantastic. Mildred is 89 years old and has the [...]
Posted in writing on Jul 30th, 2007 5 Comments »
Sometimes our minds don’t think in lengthy, fluid passages. Sometimes, we have to think in snippets. Episodic Writing is one way we can capture a specific theme, hobby, pattern. What follows is an experiment in Episodic writing.
The first thing to do is think of an event, theme, person, activity, etc. that seems to repeat itself [...]
