by Andi | May 13, 2010 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
Lately, I’ve been having a lot of conversations with people about money. We all seem to have too little (or feel like we do), and we all are tired of having too little. Some of us do have little money – maybe barely enough to pay our bills and buy... by Andi | May 11, 2010 | Book Recommendations, Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
When I was in grad school, my mentor, David L. Ulin, talked a lot about how much he appreciated honesty in writing. We were reading Paul Theroux’s My Other Life, and David was pointing out the bald honesty of the passage where the narrator realizes his inherent... by Andi | May 4, 2010 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
If you regularly follow this blog, you may realize that today’s post is going up much later in the day that is typical for me. This unusual (on the scale of finding a penny, not a $20 on the sidewalk type of “unusual”) schedule has occurred because I... by Andi | May 3, 2010 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
Last night, my family and I sat down to relax, sew, work on websites, and other misc while we watched TV. We landed on the Home and Garden Network, a safe bet for all of us. We watched people spend tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours working to fix up... by Andi | Apr 29, 2010 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
More and more of my days is being spent in words, and not just teaching or tutoring, but actually writing or working on writing with other people. My heart feels good. I’m even back into a regular writing practice. I start my day with a little God-time and then...