Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty… you didn’t think I would cruise into September without quoting Hopkins, did you? The days are getting shorter and the evenings cooler, and I’m linking up as always with Leigh Kramer sharing What I’m Into. Books Stories From the Shadows: Reflections of a Street Doctor was our all-school readContinue reading >>
What I’m into, Sept/Oct 2015
I had such high hopes for keeping up a monthly report of what I am into, but again the madness of the academic year has overtaken my best intentions, and I am doing a two month round up once again. As always, I’m inspired by the lovely Leigh Kramer and the linkup on her blog.Continue reading >>
Reinventing the wheel
When I was a kid I did gymnastics for many years. As with most of my athletic endeavors, I wasn’t very good and I never got much better. I was young enough not to care, my parents were wise enough not to care, and I really liked flopping around on the trampoline. When I startedContinue reading >>
What I’m into, May/June 2015
It’s summer! Which means time for reading and playing outside. First, books: Gilead: A Novel I had heard Marilynne Robinson’s praises sung by my literary-minded friends for years and finally got into her best-known trilogy during the past months. This book has a daring construct – all the form of a letter written from anContinue reading >>
What comes at night
The nocturnal critters of discouragement and self-doubt came creeping out of the corners last night, not long after a loud noise startled me awake and nearly lifted me and my racing heart off the mattress. As soon as I was roused I knew that I wouldn’t be falling back to sleep any time soon, butContinue reading >>