by Dawn | Oct 15, 2015 | self-improvement, writing
My friend the photographer went for a portfolio review and came back crushed. A portfolio review is when an artist submits work to experts who give feedback. Her work is unique. It sits at the intersection of art and social justice–the kind of photos people...
by Dawn | Oct 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
“How long is an hour?” Declan asks. He already knows the answer. It’s a trick question. An hour used to be sixty minutes on the sundial–or sixty minutes, plus or minus a smidge of an Olympic fraction of a microsecond that over time changed...
by Dawn | Oct 11, 2015 | education reform, self-improvement, writing
When I write, I write alone. It’s never a collaboration unless it’s work-based, and even then, I write my twenty, thirty, or forty pages first, then pass them over with a “What do you think?” before they get chopped to bits when...
by Dawn | Sep 28, 2015 | Teaching, wellness
Fall is here. It’s beautiful in New England–the trees are starting to look like they grew out of a Norman Rockwell painting. We used to watch this guy on Public Television back in the days when there were only three channels. He’d paint...
by Dawn | Sep 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Brother Norris was a fascinating man. I heard of his passing this week. He spent thirty years teaching us English, then went on to retirement. It’s time for him to look down from heaven and make sure we’re not splitting our infinitives. I know...
