Never Give Up: Inspiring words to guide us along the way
Owen, a student who attends the high school where I teach, shared this video on his Facebook group Small Acts of Kindness (SAK), which he started to give people a chance to share the little things that make the lives of others a bit better. He certainly did just that in sharing this video with [...]
November’s Muse: 3 Stories…which to pursue?
I don’t know what it is about November and the Muse, but I wish I had the magic potion to hold on to it long after Thanksgiving. I’m not sure if November’s creativity is triggered by my love affair with NanoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month), or if it has anything to do with most of [...]
It’s a Natural World: Some Summer of ’09 Photos
Greetings, all: I’ve been writing in various places, but I didn’t realize that so much time had passed since my last post here. I thought I’d spend a little time sharing my “best of” nature photos from the last few months. All of these photos were taken with my Nikon D300 with a Nikkor 105 [...]
Summer of 2009: Day Three in OC
After spending day three in the sun, the humidity, the rain, and then the colder winds blowing off the bay, I know three things: My son can nearly read grafitti in bathroom stalls (because so many words look and sound quite similar to a word he knows well: Truck); My son absolutely hates fast rides [...]
Summer of ’09: Day One in Ocean City
It’s amazing what a 3-hour drive will do to calm your tensions and anxieties. When we left Baltimore around 3 p.m., each of us was a little stressed about getting ready for the trip, packing, and taking care of last-minute needs around the house. As we headed toward Ocean City, MD, however, we could feel [...]
Morning at Loch Raven
Just a few pictures that I took this morning at Loch Raven by the Warren Road bridge. I remember fishing here with my father back in the late seventies; since then, the place has been known more for its drug deals and incidental murders than anything else. Very sad. Faith in a seed, right? Thoreau [...]
Does an exercise regimen make us better writers?
I am in my fifth week of working out more consistently than I have in years, perhaps even a decade. In 1992, I lost nearly 40 pounds as I worked on the final stages of my first novel. The writing was some of the best I’ve ever done, before and since, and I stayed in [...]
Using Alternating Points of View in Fiction (CNF as well)
Today is only the fifth day of summer break, and I cannot remember another summer when I’ve been out of the starting gate so ahead of where I thought I would be, less than a week following the last day of school. You see, I took the time in May, believe it or not, to [...]
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 (25/365)
I’m back. There are two more half-days left until summer break. Both are final examination days, and there’s that rare mix of excitement and stress in the air, as the anticipation of summer looms behind the worry of grades and test scores. This was my big day to get much of my paperwork taken care [...]
sorry for the technical difficulties, folks
Just trying to get everything just exactly perfect to wrap up the school year. Expect to see me back–daily–June 19.
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