Finals Week

This is the time of year that feels impossibly stretched in a bunch of directions. I’m like a sheet of hide (though much, much, much, MUCH thicker), stretched in so many directions and staked out, pulled until I can’t breathe. So what am I doing? Writing a...

Death in Italy

Wouter Weylandt, a Leopard-Trek rider (my new self-proclaimed favorite team for the year in pro cycling) crashed and died today on stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia. I feel a strange kinship…since I’ll be going to Italy by the end of the race. Such a sad,...
May the Best Dog Win by Kelly Hashway

May the Best Dog Win by Kelly Hashway

Today, I have a special guest on my blog. I had the opportunity to interview Kelly Hashway, author of the just-released picture book, May the Best Dog Win. Here’s Kelly, and her book, and below is our inteview. Here’s my short review and blurb for the...
Green day…green eggs? No ham.

Green day…green eggs? No ham.

So… I buy my cage-free organic eggs (sometimes I get them free) from a neighbor. This week, I opened the carton, and lo and behold, two eggs are green! Most of them are the beautiful brown pictured here, but GREEN? I’ve never heard of a green egg except,...

Derek and Lindsey's short film

OF DREAMS AND NIGHTMARESis a short video made by two of my students for another class–their film class. I think it’s well-done, and pretty powerful. Maybe some critics will say there’s a bit of stereotype in it. But you know what? Sterotypes come...
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