STORY ARCS: Coming Full Circle in 2012, Part I
Two years ago, I was in a phase not terribly different from where I am now. I was at home, it was a few days after Christmas, and I had just laid down for sleep when a jolt of excitement … Continue...
View ArticleSTORY ARCS: Coming Full Circle in 2012, Part II
This is Part II of a two-part post. To read Part I, click here. In many ways, my escape from ORU in spring of 2011 turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory. Over Fall Break in 2010, I had gone … Continue...
View ArticleDIRTY LITTLE FREAKS: Story Arcs of 2013, Part Un
“If you do not stop talking, I will turn off the air conditioning, open the windows, and make you all sit on the floor,” I said, thoroughly exasperated. “Do you understand?” Their affirmations of “yes,...
View ArticleRAISE YOUR GLASS: Story Arcs of 2013, Part Deux
When this year began, there were a lot of things I’d never done before. I’d never spent more than two weeks outside the United States. I’d never been left to my own devices with a classroomful of...
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