Jan
06
ordinary time
Eventually, I’m no longer waking in the dark.
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Newsletter
Dec
29
the year in review
At some point, we get the degree or whatever.
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Dec
23
the lengthening days
The cold night presses into the window.
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Dec
15
making monsters
Today I feel like a monster, hideous and full of rage!!!
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Dec
07
the trees in December
I see now that I will never recover.
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Nov
29
practice and effort
I am so thirsty, and I wish I knew how to draw.
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Sep
11
there is no other world
I keep my old blog posts in an archive, in which I found this post from September 11, 2011. I
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Jul
02
where we live
For years I’ve encouraged my writing students not to be afraid to use proper nouns in their work: the
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Jun
11
making myself into the person who is capable
I first drafted these words last night, at the end of a frustrating work day—yet another day on which
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May
14
i would prefer not to
Last year was the first in a decade that I did not go to see the Bluebell Wood in bloom
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