One of these days, I’m going to write a literacy narrative. It’s the first assignment in the First-Year Writing program at my university. I like it a lot. I’ve written a couple, in the same style as my students, to provide a sample for them. So I’ve written these short literacy narratives–three or four pages… Continue reading Writing, Vision, and Re(vision)
“Just take a breath.” pull, splash, pull, splash, pull, splash, breathe… “Just take a breath, slowly, inhale, exhale.” splash, pull, splash, pull, splash, pull, splash, breathe, pull. Flip, push, breathe, pull. “Just breathe. Don’t hold your breath. Relax your shoulders. Don’t tense. Breathe in, through the nose, out through the nose, feel the breath vibrate… Continue reading Breathe
I warned you of this Shoyahpee, but you laughed at my words. You left them by the trail as things to be forgotten and lost. But they can not die! That which is true lives forever, but that which is false has no foundation.” These words, spoken by the Stemteemä, an elderly Okanogan woman who… Continue reading Left and Found Objects
This semester has been an adjustment. That’s not an evaluative statement. It’s just different, not teaching, having a more rigid schedule than I have in quite some time, and working in a new environment. There’s a learning curve taking place as I figure out what I know from the classroom that helps at the tutoring… Continue reading learning curves
