My dissertation advisor, when I told him that I was having difficulty staying focused on my writing, on my work, told me that I just need to put on blinders, to shut everything out. I felt tears starting behind my eyes and willed them back. He isn’t wrong. I do need to shut out everything…… Continue reading put blinders on
Today, everything about my life seems trivial. You would think that, with all the acts of mass violence that take place daily in the United States and around the world that I could be numb to it by now, but I’m not. I went out with friends last night, and woke this morning to news…… Continue reading Orlando
I have so much in my mind right now, I’m having difficulty pinpointing it and deciding what to write here, for this blog. The semester is over, and has been for a while. I’m working on my dissertation. I just had my first experience at the Rhetoric Society of America Biennial conference, this year hosted…… Continue reading ruminating
