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the gratitude project (2025).
Eight years ago now, during Thanksgiving week, I began assigning what I lovingly call “The Gratitude Project.” Essentially, I forced my students–and myself–to reflect on the Good in our lives in the midst of all of the Bad. And it quickly became one of… Continue Reading “the gratitude project (2025).”
our breakup letters to 2024
What started as a way to process a tough season–2020 and its Bait-and-Switch of a cousin 2021, the Break-Up Letter has become an annual mainstay in my Creative Writing I and II courses. The assignment has been the same over the last five years:… Continue Reading “our breakup letters to 2024”
our breakup letters to 2023
What started as a way to process a tough year–2020 and its Bait-and-Switch of a cousin 2021, the Break-Up Letters have become an annual mainstay in my Creative Writing I and II courses. The assignment has been the same over the last four years:… Continue Reading “our breakup letters to 2023”
the gratitude project (2024).
Seven years ago, during Thanksgiving week, I began assigning what I lovingly call “The Gratitude Project.” Essentially, I forced my students–and myself–to reflect on the Good in our lives in the midst of all of the Bad. And it quickly became one of my… Continue Reading “the gratitude project (2024).”
teaching style: the art of the em dash.
My writers struggle when threy receive feedback to “be more sophisticated” or “elevate your level of sophistication.” So, a few years ago, I began rethinking my approach to writing instruction—for my English classes and my Creative Writing ones. I decided to break Sophisticated Writing… Continue Reading “teaching style: the art of the em dash.”
the gratitude project (2023).
Six years ago, during Thanksgiving week, I began assigning what I lovingly call “The Gratitude Project.” Essentially, I forced my students–and myself–to reflect on the Good in our lives in the midst of all of the Bad. And it quickly became one of my… Continue Reading “the gratitude project (2023).”
our breakup letters to 2022
After a pretty rough 2020 and its Bait-and-Switch cousin 2021, we were all excited for a shiny new 2022. Until we had to live through it. So, what better way to cut free than to write Dear John letters to 2020 and 2021. (Our… Continue Reading “our breakup letters to 2022”
the gratitude project (2022).
Back in 2017, during Thanksgiving week, I began assigning what I lovingly call “The Gratitude Project.” Essentially, I forced my students–and myself–to reflect on the Good in our lives in the midst of all of the Bad. And it quickly became one of… Continue Reading “the gratitude project (2022).”
the collaborative novella.
In October of 2021, I read Liane Moriarty’s best-seller (now Hulu series) Nine Perfect Strangers. The story features nine individuals (strangers, in fact) whose paths intersect at an Australian wellness center. The focus of each chapter alternates among the characters. The result is a… Continue Reading “the collaborative novella.”
WHERE OTHERS GO
THE LIFELONG LEARNER 