I had a boyfriend who refused to read “Bartleby the Scrivener.” Over and over again he refused. Some people get that. Some people don’t. I’m in a Melville mood lately. Forgive me. I was at Silver Dollar City last weekend. The weather was perfect, and people were making things with their hands. If I were […]
Read More WhalingOur backyard, other than the patio area, was politically zoned to children. We were administratively, and physically, its masters. My dad put up a swingset, which was never properly anchored. When you pumped a swing hard, or got a trio of folks on the glider, one or two legs would thump out of the mud, […]
Read More Be CautiousThe neurology PA is not much of a negotiator. “No coffee, dairy, or alcohol,” she says.
Read More South SeasIn the reviews for the film “Waiting for Superman,” several writers have described the lottery for slots in the “good” charter schools. At the school where I teach, families are reluctant to pull their students out, even if it is clear that the kid doesn’t want to do the work, and isn’t (at least currently) […]
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