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I first started teaching about the “creative imagination” and the “technical imagination” after reading Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook. In short, Vandermeer explains, the creative imagination is [...]

A collective grieving. A constant vacillation between anxiety and gratitude. A riot of spring. An abundance of giggles. The gift of a hug. The gift of a virtual hug. These are the kinds of [...]

Sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is relax in the sun when you’re “supposed” to be doing 10,000 other things. [Although I’ve no doubt our healthcare workers are far braver than I right [...]

Three things I need to do less of—Looking at my phone (normally not an issue for me), making lists of things to do, trying to anticipate needs for the near future (rather than meeting the current [...]

Every day I fail and don’t fail. And there on the heels of FAIL is FLAIL, two words close enough to infect. What use is that kind of thinking? Ooph. Flip the narrative. Every day I try and don’t [...]

Today I got quiet with 30+ writers as we shared poetry readings and letter-writing, virtually, in solidarity. Some of us journaled or worked on short stories, too. ALONE TOGETHER. It’s a thing. [...]

What does #civicduty look like during a pandemic, when you can’t leave your house? Today I’m celebrating Sadie Kneidle who serves as English Language Learner Family Liason for our ENTIRE school [...]

No school breakfast, no school lunch, no job security, no way to “stock up”… I keep thinking about families who are isolated, who need more than they have access to, who might agree that yes—of [...]

How long has the machinery of our days been shaped between such heavy hands? How much depends on the definition of a word? Task, list, achieve, complete. Open your hands. Let loose the doves [...]

And on the other side of rest, is the blessing of new energy and authentic presence. The ability to hear the train then drop the coat, drop the mittens, and run with all your (tiny-legged) might [...]