I’ve had a relationship with Writing for most of my life. I was formally introduced to Writing in kindergarten. I learned about her, letter by letter, and I understood her mentally, but sometimes our physical relationship struggled as my 5 year-old hand shook and cramped, holding the pencil over the special dot-dash paper. As I […]
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9/11: The Memories, The Fear, The Life Ahead
Reading Jeff Goins’ beautifully written post Remembering September 11: A Reflection inspired me to write my own memories of 9/11. I was in my junior year of college at Crane School of Music. As usual, I was in the Crane building for the entire morning. The first I heard of the planes crashing was before my […]
If You Love It, Time Will Come
People sometimes ask me how I find time to keep a journal, write a novel and keep a blog. Part of that is simple: I AM on maternity leave, so I have more flexible hours than someone who works full time. But I found time to do all of those things while I was working, […]
Life Is About… Love
“Love is like riding or speaking French. If you don’t learn it young, it’s hard to get the trick of it later.” -Downton Abbey As a teacher, this quote really rings true to me. I teach nine- and ten-year-olds, so I spend a lot of time with children at a very formative age. You can […]
Teaching And Pushcarts
It’s the first day of school today, and for the first time in 27 years (since I was 4) I’m missing it. It’s a strange feeling for me, but I know that I’m about to embark on a new experience from which I’ll learn more than I could ever imagine, and will also become the […]
Much Ado About Shakespeare
When conversing about the great Bard, Mr. William Shakespeare, you are likely to encounter one of these four reactions: 1. People who know nothing about Shakespeare other than their forced high school experience with Romeo and Juliet, and couldn’t care less. These people are often quite vocal in their castigation of Shakespeare’s works. There may […]