Spirit

Happy Christmas, Christmas people (everyone in my opinion). This year I taught “A Christmas Carol” to my students. As usual, I was nervous that by teaching a text I loved, I would hate my students or hate the text for ruining my life. This didn’t happen. My freshmen generally need me to do some of the reading […]

Inferno

I find myself thinking of “Toy Story 3” a lot lately, and that’s not as pleasant as it might sound. In the film, the toys enjoy shenanigans and make escapes but ultimately end up slowly sliding toward the flames of eternal fire. Really, I’m hardly the first to hold this interpretation. Yes, the flames are […]

December

It’s Mardi Gras again, which means I am sitting on my floor cutting little square shaped holes in cardboard boxes, and then painting said boxes a glossy black. Though I have work tables, I end up on the floor. Like I was Japanese in a past life. I sit cross legged, or knees in a […]

Thanks for Asking

Q: How am I? A: My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. My cat’s body gave out like an abandoned building. My home is beautiful. I have money in the bank. I fell and my back hurts. I have an abundance of groceries stored. Most of my family is well. Fifty percent of my cats are […]