"We used to think...when I was an unsifted girl...that words were weak and cheap. Now I don't know of anything so mighty." -Emily Dickinson
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Summer vibes...
Saturday, April 27, 2024
"She can second-guess the sixth sense of the poem..."
27 April 2024: “She is like a receiving station picking up on each poem, unscrambling things out of word-waves, making sense of it and making sure of it. She can second-guess the sixth sense of the poem." --Seamus Heaney, quoted in this piece on Helen Vendler, who died earlier this week.
I was sad to hear that Vendler passed away, though ninety years is a lovely, long life. Her book on Dickinson is beautiful--full of riches that made me a better reader and teacher.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Softball and pizza
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Spring 2024 Grading: DONE!
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Shōgun
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Getting closer...
Monday, April 22, 2024
Bloom
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Brunch in the Commons/Midnight Breakfast
Friday, April 19, 2024
"How to Triumph Like a Girl"
19 April 2024: It's "Poem in Your Pocket Day" and this one, currently in my pocket, is perfect for the day I will (eventually) be driving down to Salem to see my dear, dear friends.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
One to go / end-of-the-semester math
- 33 ENGL 102 essays to great (6 pages each)
- 33 ENGL 102 multimodal projects to grade
- 4 ENGL 426 presentation responses
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Release party...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
"His Heart's Desire"
Monday, April 15, 2024
Zero!
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Flying Cows!
Saturday, April 13, 2024
New York-style...
Friday, April 12, 2024
Busy Friday...
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
13 conferences...
10 April 2024: Met with thirteen students, more or less back-to-back, each for thirty minute paper conferences. It was, as blocks of conferences always are, exhausting and exhilirating.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Liminal Jo
Monday, April 8, 2024
Watching the Eclipse Watchers...
Sunday, April 7, 2024
First mow of 2024...
Saturday, April 6, 2024
A dramatic pose...
6 April 2024: Most of her poses are dramatic. Resting her head on a Mary Wilkins Freeman book just kicks it up a notch.
I sure do love this girl.