A Year of Reading

We change desks every two weeks in Room 226. Students' morning work on moving day is to move all their belongings out of their desk (or...

I dwell in Possibility – (466) by Emily Dickinson I dwell in Possibility – A fairer House than Prose – More numerous of Wi...

Looking by W.D. Snodgrass What was I looking for today? All that poking under the rugs, Peering under the lamps and chairs, Or...

image from Unsplash I couldn't put it off any longer. My students chose their One Little Words yesterday, and I was still procrast...

In a recent Brain Pickings article about Mark Strand, this quote stood up in front of me, shot its sleeves, straightened its tie, and ...

Do Live Try Brave Exercise Respect Friendly Family Decide Moderation Hope Balance This year, I have invited my stu...

EXPECTANTLY N ext to the lamp, an O pen book and a steaming cup of T ea. I n the chair, she sits with C losed eyes, listening E ...

Leisure by William Henry Davies What is this life if, full of care We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath t...

I shouldn't be blogging. I should be grading papers. I should be reading students' blog posts. I should be sending post-confere...

How To Be a Poet (to remind myself) by Wendell Berry Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend upon affectio...