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    On Pandora, ‘The Giver of Gifts”

    Saturday, January 30th, 2010

    Nothing shifts my mood like music–my favorite music.  This morning  I settled in to my seat to finish off some grading in a less-than enthusiastic state. Sigh… another day, another round of student writers to coach. I sign on to Pandora, an automated Internet music site, then toggle back to the student-essay file. Named after the Greek goddess who [...]

    The Power of the Pen

    Sunday, December 27th, 2009

    I stopped in Borders today with no intention of grabbing anything in particular. When my son wandered over to the Young Adult table, I decided to  look for a couple of texts that were on my Christmas list, but didn’t show up under my tree…and none were available in store. So, I ended up picking [...]

    Holiday Fun

    Sunday, May 10th, 2009

    I’m afraid I’ve not much time for blogging today…celebrating Mother’s Day and grading portfolios and figuring final grades keeps me from this calling. (Funny how the two cancel each other out, no? How can I celebrate AND grade!?!?) Know that once all this grading is done and the semester winds to its fateful end, my [...]

    On Procrastination

    Monday, February 9th, 2009

    Really too much to do to write today–I’ve logged a pretty extensive list of must-dos. A stack of writing projects to my right whispers …”We’ll still be here tomorrow…don’t worry about us…get outta that seat… the dishes are calling for you…and so are your kids…at least one of them…you probably shouldn’t let the other one [...]

    Wrestling with Time

    Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

    I am currently up-to-my-ears in writing work with what little time I have whirling at the opening of the drain. I am not only writing courses, syllabi, and materials, AND updating my teaching portfolio for review this semester, but also starting a couple of other blogs, AND migrating two years of content from my old [...]

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