Veracruz

Maundy Thursday, I felt an urge to run. It was not my panic urge to run, which is chemical, biological. It reminded me of the people in the book I just read about exorcisms. The people who flinch when you set a crucifix on the nape of their neck. I just felt, not here, I […]

Going Back

This week, one of my male students from Afghanistan was bent over during class. He was really quiet, and wasn’t doing anything. I sat down next to him. “You are sad about leaving Afghanistan?” These last few weeks, we have been learning words for emotions. I chose these for our core words: joy, depression, grief, […]

Walk

What we did at recess was walk. Walk and talk. Our school had plenty of space around it. We walked and talked, and I knew I had an absurdly mature interest in both. Today I will do the same. I signed up to walk a 10k last year, just to say I had. I hate […]

Dos and Don’ts

If you are thinking of being a human being right now, maybe don’t. You could be Willy Wonka, maybe, or a panda. Being a cat is always safe, in the way that being a cat is never safe. I felt together enough to do a meditation this morning, and I went through three before settling […]