But I Don’t Wanna Go To Middle School
My daughter can see it on the horizon: Freedom like she’s never known before. For weeks now, she and the other 71 fifth graders at her school have been a little more electric at the thought of graduating from elementary school and moving on to the next level. Visits by the various middle schools that [...]
The Road No Longer Traveled (at least as much)
When I was in college as an undergrad, I spent a great deal of time studying William Wordsworth’s romantic works. He wasn’t an author I was assigned to research and analyze. I think it was more of an affinity that I felt for his writing and his passion for love and for life. I focused [...]
Three miles in no time
And so we enter week three of that lifestyle change: new diet, new exercise program, new way of thinking, new everything. I’m less than a pound away from that first benchmark of losing 10 pounds. I’m confident I’ll reach it–perhaps even surpass it–when I weigh in on Friday. I’m fortunate that Maryland offers so many [...]
Therapy Triage: Baltimore in Crisis
yikes. Well, the unthinkable happened, and after a week of sobbing over the loss of the Colts over two decades ago and vowing revenge once and for all, we lost the game. This city, my friends, will be in need of deep psychological assistance in the coming days, months, and even years. Heck, it might [...]
On the passing of Donald Murray
It’s hard to imagine any writer not being influenced in some way by the now-late Donald Murray, even if the name doesn’t ring a bell. I was first introduced to his writing and his teaching in 1989. I was a Summer Fellow at the Maryland Writing Project’s Summer Institute, a newbie still to the world [...]
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