MY WEEKLY BLOG Did I Call You or Did You Call Me? I was having coffee with a couple of my students a few days ago. For many months they had been faces on Zoom, but now, they had bodies and they were sitting opposite me. It was good to see them in person, we spoke...
MY WEEKLY BLOG JUST BECAUSE Doing something with purpose has its own built-in motivation. You make a list of ingredients you need for a recipe so there’s a reason to go to Gelson’s. You want something new to wear to a gathering so there’s a reason to go to...
MY WEEKLY BLOG Speak Up. I Can’t Hear You. During a figure skating competition, an announcer said thatone of the skaters had finally found her voice on the ice. That resonated with me. I talk to my writing students about finding their voice on the page,...
MY WEEKLY BLOG MIRROR MIRROR I went to lunch one day with a woman I had met recently and I noticed she wasn’t looking me in the eye. She was staring at the space between my eyebrows. I tried to carry on a conversation and ignore her gaze when she pointed a manicured...
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