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The magic here is captured in moments like this: A faux spring day in lower northwest Michigan, but still—the sun is shining, layers have been shed, and the students are beside themselves with [...]

I had it in mind to wait another week or so before posting an announcement about my website updates on this blog. Google has finally converted my pages from Page Creator to Google Sites—which is [...]

Three days of 40-degree weather and clear skies and the campus is a cacophony of melting snow. Rivulets of snow-drops fall in tiny rows from the roofline of my every building, their pitter-patter [...]

Good news, folks: Today I received a phone call from the Executive Director of the Jentel Artist Residency program. I have been accepted as one of 6 residents (2 writers, 4 visual artists) for [...]

The students gave teachers some kickback this week and they’re right on schedule. They’re sick of winter, sick of the indoors, and their restlessness comes out in myriad unwise ways. It’s been [...]

I went back to Black Warrior for two reasons: First, Master seemed sincerely grounded in principle despite the behavior of his students and second, I wanted to see a Kung Fu class. It took less [...]

All names have been changed because some of what I have to say isn’t very nice. It’s difficult to explain my first experience at Black Warrior dojo in Traverse City last Monday night. As if [...]

“Today, I almost smelled the earth being warmed by the sun,” the filmmaker said. “There will be another mass dumping of snow. You can count on it,” Leon Hammerhead said. “It’s supposed to rain, [...]

Watch them fall. Never mind their mucklucks-Merrell’s-Ecco’s-Uggs. They fall when they expect to fall and they fall when they least expect to fall. The only time they are not falling is when one [...]

I found my rhythm again this week, after two weeks of rather frustrating levels of productivity. I came here to answer the question: Can I teach part time and still write, read, and submit at the [...]