It wouldn’t be Amen. It probably wouldn’t even be Dear, as in Yes, dear. Would it be goodbye? What would occur to you if you had ten seconds to write something down? I expect the sound in my ears would be something like Niagara, the feel of my heart clamoring like a teenager’s double-bassed trunk. [...]
Archive for September, 2009
The Last Word
Posted in Heavy Thoughts, Writing on September 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Writing to Write to be Writing
Posted in School, Writing on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The notion was introduced to me today, not for the first time, that writing = learning. One does not write because one Knows, one Knows through writing. This sounds like the snake-eating-tail conundrum on the surface, for how can one write what one does not know about? But knowing and understanding are separate beasts, and [...]
Semester Sidenotes
Posted in School on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The fall term officially started last Monday because a certain unnamed West Hartford college does not hold with the certain Hartford college’s traditional observance of waiting until after Labor Day to begin. This on the heels of learning at the eleventh hour that one of my classes would be canceled. My affection for this place [...]
