Grey Christmas 2022
The “M” on the Margaritaville sign Just blew away, Like my plans For a perfect Tropical ...
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“Why Does This Not Grow Natively Here?”
With thanks to Kelli and George Washington Last night, I read, and I learned. I made an effort to lessen my ignorance, but it only...
Vision Before Revision
A Letter to My Students About Thinking and Writing Let’s be honest. Many of you don’t like to write…at least not the kind of...
Thoughts on Reopening Schools in the Fall of 2020
You know how hard it is when a school community loses a kid or a teacher? I know you do. It’s devastating. I’ve lived it...
Why We Go Hiking
A Poem Written on Father’s Day They humor me, I suppose. My family I mean. When I drag them out into the woods for a...
Writer’s Workshop: Giving a Voice to Trauma
I will never again complain about the college app essay in which our young hero overcomes a sporting injury to relearn the joy of “just...
Finish It
Yesterday, I made a list of the projects that I have lined up for the summer. The list has 10 items. Build a shed. Clean...
Wasted Years
Over the past month of writing, one theme I’ve uncharacteristically returned to again and again is the honest examination of my difficult relationships. I wrote...
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Things to Try in 2018-2019
‘Remember, strategies are not rules; they’re paths. There are probably multiple paths to the same destination. Things I’d like to try this year: Diction Dead...