Business… Writing and Ice Cream 28 Mar 2011 One of my youngest fans requested that I blog about ice cream. "How is ice cream related to Writers' Resort?" "Easy," he said. "Resort equals ice cream." Ah. It has…
Courage… Friday Flick: “If I Should Have a Daughter” 25 Mar 201125 Mar 2011 Between sharing two of her own polished pieces, poet Sarah Kay shares her own creative emergence and that of her students. She suggests listing ten things you know to be true.…
Collaboration… “There Will Be Rest” 19 Mar 201119 Mar 2011 Something extra today! Here's a recording from the concert I mentioned March 7. Yes, it's a recording, not the live music experience I advocated in that previous post, but it's…
Children… The Order of Creation 16 Mar 201116 Mar 2011 Today's guest blogger says, "When you write a novel, you don't do it all at once! You take it in stages. First, you might think about what you're going to…
Collaboration… Friday Flick: To the Moon Before Dinner 11 Mar 201111 Mar 2011 I loved the premiere of this animated short by David Salin.
Baby Boomers… The Lady with the Pineapple Hair 8 Mar 201112 Mar 2011 As teenagers, we stifled giggles whenever we sat behind the lady with the pineapple hair. I theorized that she hoped its astounding height would be slimming. I also guessed that…
Change the World… The Poetry of Music 7 Mar 20117 Mar 2011 I'm just home from a university choir concert, aptly named "Waxing Poetic." Several well-trained choirs from Arizona State University prepared sacred and humorous works, performed in a sacred space, and…
Animation… Modern Magic 5 Mar 20119 Mar 2011 “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” ~Arthur C. Clarke This weekend, I watched ITT Tech Tempe's graduating design students present capstone projects of architectural plans, or animation, or…
Brain… My Students’ Best Advice 28 Feb 2011 My students are in finals week. I asked for advice to pass along to future students, and they all said, DON'T FALL BEHIND! They sound even more adamant than I…
Academic Writing… Why Do I Have to Take this Class Anyway? 10 Feb 201112 Feb 2011 I haven't studied math since high school. I excelled in it. I took all four years of accelerated classes, keeping college majoring options open. Then I tested out of college…
Baby Boomers… How to Stop Time 9 Feb 20119 Feb 2011 A student who's juggling unemployment stress and family crises (while still getting his schoolwork done) asked, "Can you just tell me how to stop time?" The same day, my son…
Fact-Checking… Carbon Dating for Books 8 Feb 20118 Feb 2011 You could always date a movie by the women's hair and make-up. You can date a book by the technology. Recently I've been teaching with a fifth edition textbook. That's…
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