A friend of mine in Texas, Edward Southerland, gave me a book when I was there a few weeks back. The gift was inspired, he said, from the reading he has done on my blog, which I will take as a compliment since I am always pleased to hear that people actually read my blog….
Category: Writing
Working with Students/ Reconnecting with Friends
I am sitting with my student, George, again for our 2nd quick write. George will be coming twice a week for one hour for the next couple of weeks. This is our plan to get him ready for 6th grade, where he will be required to write a lot in class with a fair amount…
Hitting the Wall
We fully intended to get up this morning and head off to church for the celebration of one of St. Thomas’s most loved couples: John and Vince, who have been together for 50 years and who recently married after the new ruling by the Supreme Court on gay marriage. Ray and I both wanted very…
Moving Day
Ray and I have been at Sarah and Gregorio’s all day today helping them with moving from Arcadia to Pasadena. We arrived at 11 am and returned home around 9:30 pm. My primary job was to tend to Luna, which, of course, I was happy to do. Luna is not only beautiful and sweet, she…
A Quick Note
Dear Life, Please slow down a bit, will you? I am a little tired. I edited for 2 hours today. I love the novel that my student is working on. It’s just that I had to start at 6 am to get everything done. I watched Luna from 10 until 3 – that was the…
Easy Does It: The Challenges of the “Writing to Heal” Class
Here is an email I sent to my online students who are taking the Writing as a Way of Healing class through Story Circle Network today. Since I mentioned in a earlier post that I would give you updates on my progress in reference to this subject, I decided that this will show how all…
Students, Timers and Home
I am sitting with my first in-person (versus internet) student of the summer, George, who will be a 6th grader in the fall at Hawthorne Elementary here in Beverly Hills. George is here to work on speeding up his writing pace plus adding more details to whatever he writes. He is one of those boys…
Time to Head Back West
Early tomorrow morning, I head back to LA to start teaching my summer writing classes. I’m not ready to leave Texas yet, but at the same time, I’m eager to go home. I have family to see, after all, most especially my beloved granddaughter, Luna Isabella. So, this draws me back to the West Coast….
New Course I’m Teaching: Writing as a Way to Heal
Today is the first day of a class I am teaching through Story Circle Network on writing as a means to heal. We are using the book, Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives by Louise DeSalvo. I have not taught this class before so this will be a…
Rachael’s New Digs
We have just finished helping Rachael get settled in her new apartment in McKinney, Texas. Tonight we drove the 30 miles from Sherman for dinner, furniture moving and picture hanging. Here are a few pictures to show her new place, which was a trial to get, but is without a doubt a cool and safe…
20 Minutes a Day 