…a language was born. For the love of a language, a reader was born. For the love of reading a writer was born. For the love of writing a word was born.
There are some times when my fascination with the English language threatens to overwhelm my senses with awe and amazement. I have lived long [...]
Archive for the ‘Reading’ Category
For the Love of a Word…
Posted in Reading, Writing on July 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What can one do in 100 days?
Posted in Reading, School, Writing on June 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If your name is Steve or Sue, Maggie or Jim, Carrieanne or Neha or John, you are steadfastly building up a cache of creative expression. The 100 Days Project, in its second incarnation, includes not only the written and visual, but menus, photos, bitstream and hypertext. The whimsical is employed with the lofty, and we [...]
Why Don’t I Know Me? Let Me Count the Ways…
Posted in Heavy Thoughts, Reading, Writing on April 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This journal has declined. It has become a forum for brags and bitches, instead of an island of contemplation in a sea of blogging brains. This was supposed to be the solace to my itching fingers, the release for all the good ideas that professors don’t allow, that publishers deem unfavorable, that sane people only [...]
Horn-tooting
Posted in Reading, School, Writing on February 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Got a nice letter from the college the other day; two, in fact. One was asking for my opinion of an associate professor up for rehire–instant ego trip, that. The chair of the department wants my opinion? People have given that up years ago, knowing how insidious I become. He’ll have to keep a closer eye on [...]
Run, Rabbit
Posted in Heavy Thoughts, Reading on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Godspeed, Mr. Updike.
