Yes, I’m still here. Some of my recent reading has been alongside my students in a 1st-year Literature and Culture class — with them, I’ve read Sheila Watson’sThe Double Hook, a Canadian classic, alongside Michael…
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I’m pleased that despite a stack of marking I brought home Thursday and have to return to students on Monday, I managed to get a great run in yesterday AND today, I got out in…
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Yes, it’s that time again! I wasn’t sure I could come up with Five Things again so soon, but life is full of little wonders that really are worth a second look,don’t you know? Before…
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I’ve been enjoying various posts around Blogland on the topic of coats. This post on Grechen’s Closet, for example, pulled together a tempting array of smart outerwear. And I loved these red coats that The…
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I must admit that looking at this post again this morning, after having prepared it last night, I do wonder if it’s just a bit too idiosyncratically sentimental, hokey, personal, domestic, and, especially, marked with…
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