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Good morning, Denmark. August 11, 2014. First day of classes, second year in Denmark, I’m the only parent carrying a coffee cup as we walk our two youngest daughters to their now-familiar school. I’m the only one, I say, gesturing with my cup. It’s just … Continue reading →. March 4, 2014. Are we all artists? July 23, 2012. Lump in my throat. July 19, 2012. There’s a groundhog in the garden again. This morning it chopped down a sunflower and a small stand of broccoli plants already struggling in heat...
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July | 2009 | roots & wings
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Monthly Archives: July 2009. July 2, 2009. An exploration of one– Is disunity even possible or is it a mistaken impression? In the film Wall-E for instance, the plot brings the whole human idea of earth down to a forgotten model in the bridge of the Axiom. … Continue reading →. Lies My Mother Told Me. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 823 other followers. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
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lump in my throat | roots & wings
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Are we all artists? Lump in my throat. July 19, 2012. So I’m sitting at a window facing away from the garden and thinking specifically of motivation. Years of evidence has convinced me that I have a gift for motivating others. Happy students score first publications, workshop attendees are shining and grateful, friends get over obstacles and forge on with fresh vision. But motivating me? Http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Yeah Most of the day’s still ahead. I think I’ll go do something. Are we all artists?
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being with me | roots & wings
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Are we all artists? Good morning, Denmark →. March 4, 2014. In typical roots and wings fashion, my days are pulled in opposing and mutually unsupportive directions. I get messages like this from inside my head. Work on your poetry. and. Learn a new language. Then, from both inside my head and sometimes outside of it. What have you been writing? You need a social network. Call someone for coffee. How to Be Alone. By poet and singer-songwriter Tanya Davis. And filmmaker Andrea Dorfman. Are we all artists?
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Newer posts →. Evening: first day of class. January 9, 2012. How odd that I’m already missing the rhythm of my right hand on the number keypad, tapping in my student ID to get to a cozy imaginary room with friends for my last semester of non-residential coursework. I think I’ll sit back and indulge in my misery for a while–it’s probably the last chance to sit back and indulge in anything until May! November 22, 2011. When we are old, I’m sure we will have. Something someone will want to hear. One of the ...
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do the math | roots & wings
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Evening: first day of class. Lump in my throat →. June 11, 2012. The crisis (of being my own age) finally peaked last month in one full evening of misery over realizing that my current age is a prime number. Odd-numbered years and ages have always been a little harder for me, but the whole prime number thing was just too much. I needed an escape, so sought balance where else: Wikipedia. Like the prime oddness I’m stuck with now, thankfully for just a few more days. This entry was posted in Uncategorized.
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November | 2011 | roots & wings
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Monthly Archives: November 2011. November 22, 2011. When we are old, I’m sure we will have something someone will want to hear. I don’t know how much or whether we can say it ourselves, but I hope we will be near each other and warm, wearing flannel … Continue reading →. November 16, 2011. Part of an evening alone to write. Bliss. And a chance to watch the news without muting violence for the sake of my young who are away at a rehearsal. And what’s this? Don’t mind if I … Continue reading →.
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July | 2012 | roots & wings
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Monthly Archives: July 2012. Are we all artists? July 23, 2012. An article entitled “The Artist’s Lens: What It Means to See the World With an Eye Toward a Facebook Update” by Alan Jacobs in yesterday’s Atlantic caught my eye for a couple of reasons. One is the title. For years … Continue reading →. Lump in my throat. July 19, 2012. Lies My Mother Told Me. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 823 other followers. Blog at WordPress.com.
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August | 2014 | roots & wings
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Monthly Archives: August 2014. Good morning, Denmark. August 11, 2014. First day of classes, second year in Denmark, I’m the only parent carrying a coffee cup as we walk our two youngest daughters to their now-familiar school. I’m the only one, I say, gesturing with my cup. It’s just … Continue reading →. Lies My Mother Told Me. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 823 other followers. Blog at WordPress.com.
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Good morning, Denmark | roots & wings
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Good morning, Denmark. August 11, 2014. First day of classes, second year in Denmark, I’m the only parent carrying a coffee cup as we walk our two youngest daughters to their now-familiar school. I’m the only one, I say, gesturing with my cup. It’s just not done here, Martin says. I know. And I’m okay with it because how much and how often I reveal that I’m a foreigner is, these days, a little more up to me. I got a new student in my class today. Brown hair and brown eyes. Nevertheless, that’s what I am.
