by Dawn | Nov 16, 2015 | family, parenting
“Mom, look what he gave me!” It was a Pokemon card. It was shiny. I don’t know much about Pokemon, but I know shiny is good. Conquests and wars have been based on nations getting more shiny things. “Can you believe it?” he says....
by Dawn | Aug 11, 2014 | writing
There they sat, alone in my inbox for just ninety-nine cents. The Bard himself and my beloved Mark Twain. Ninety-nine cents each, that is, for a grand total of a dollar ninety-eight. “This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single,...
by Dawn | Apr 23, 2014 | education reform, Teaching
It’s Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. This morning, I received a challenge in my inbox. Write something for him. “But he’s dead,” I protested. “He doesn’t need a card or cake.” I can’t resurrect him by writing a blog...
by Dawn | Apr 15, 2014 | politics, Uncategorized
I’m moving The Ides of March to April 15. The Ides of April. Tax Day. Seems like a much better knife in the back holiday than a two-thousand year old day where emperors got stabbed by their best friends. Every March 15th I read Shakespeare to my students....
by Dawn | Apr 24, 2013 | acting, education reform, self-improvement, social justice, Teaching, writing
It’s Shakespeare’s birthday. I don’t have a card. To tell you the truth, I’m a bit angry at the man, dead though he may be, because no one will do my work in class. They’re all walking around with scraplets of paper in their palms,...
