Dreaming with a broken heart
I had the great fortune of watching the inauguration in its entirety with my advanced composition students today. For the most part, they took the event quite seriously, writing excerpts and reactions in their daybooks as our 44th president delivered his inaugural address. Class began about 36 minutes before the president-elect was to take the [...]
2008 (and earlier): Not Fade Away
I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be, you’re gonna give your love to me, I will love you night and day, know our love not fade away I spent the greater part of the morning poring over old photos. Most of them were from the seventies and the eighties, when I was a little [...]
‘Twas the Day After Christmas
The family sleeps still. It is a little after 8 a.m., and just as is the case every year, my children finally succumb to the need for rest and let go of the anxiousness of the season. It has been a busy few weeks. They need the rest, and I cherish the quiet to read [...]
I Am (the) Suspect
I was pulled over the other day by a Baltimore City police officer, and I saw something I’ve never seen before in a cop’s eyes: fear. About 30 minutes before I was pulled over, K-Man called me and said his car wouldn’t start. I told him I could leave in five minutes to pick him [...]
Goodbye, for now
Friends: I will be taking another sabbatical from my blog for at least two months, if not longer. My writing energies have shifted to several book-length projects that require much of my remaining free time after teaching and spending time with my family. I could not be happier with the writing and the teaching I [...]
Summer Highlights
It’s winding down. Coming to an end. Wrapping up. No matter how you put it, my summer vacation ends in 48 hours, when teachers report back to the classroom for a week of professional development, meetings, and, most important, planning time to get ready for the new school year. 48 hours. At least 20 of [...]
Living fully? Or living materially?
I’ve just returned from a relaxing trip to Florida, where my family and I stayed with my sister and brother-in-law for a week. They live in Orlando, and we were never a few hours away from any of our destinations (most of them were mere minutes away from their home). We spent a day at [...]
Immortal Footprints
Hi, folks. I’ve posted a new story of mine on a separate page of my blog. You can access it here. It’s called “Immortal Footprints,” and it’s a unique piece because the writing spans a 20-year period. The fresh piece is the revised version that follows the original. I encourage you to get through the [...]
What I’m supposed to be doing
I just spent the last few hours reading over my first official “daybook,” penned twenty years ago, exactly. The pages are filled with dreams, good intentions, philosophy, devotions to God. In other words, they’re penned with the same dreams, good intentions, philosophies, and devotions that I have written in my latest daybook, twenty years later, [...]
my99 Challenge Winner!
Direct from Judge Carla, editor of Maryland Voices: ….the sister. ….the cousin. …the daughter. …the director. …the hero. …the student. …the non-believer. …the friend. …the southern girl. …the viewer. …the listener. (what an appropriate way to end the list) …the girl who knew she had this contest in the bag. Catherine B., congratulations! I thought [...]
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