For the Time…

May 7, 2016  Saturday Quiet New Haven night.  I continue to break in my second collection of songs, in an echo of Navy and Edwardsville self-made CDs that came to soundtrack the months and seasons.  No road construction in the Lyme district of coastal Connecticut tonight, and little rain.  But as I was saying, enjoyed…

The Two O’Clock Show Begins in Five Minutes, Kids!

written August 7, 2011   The final education interview/review before beginning student teaching went well.  Like many of the other candidates I spent several days reviewing educational theories and my own past musings on the subject before last Tuesday, yet the actually interview was much more conversational in nature.  Either that, or simply being ultra-prepared…

Gaining Ownership of My Classroom

written August 11, 2011   I become a teacher on Monday, in four days. After attending an initial district assembly today in the high school auditorium (complete with a motivational YouTube montage) Sarah (Ms. Barber, my cooperating teacher) and I had some time to discuss the approaching semester.  She’s giving me freedom to do pretty much…

Grassroots Campaigns, Gay Marriage and My Summer in the City

written July 28, 2012   Last night while on the Loop, flagging down people for Grassroots Campaigns with a wave and smile to ask “Hi! Would you like to help gay rights?” I felt like Kevin Costner before his last pitch in For Love of the Game, summoning whatever gumption of goodwill I had left….

A Fresh Rub

Written April 19, 2016   If I asked myself how I felt about a subject, and just wrote, what would come of it? This. So these are deep thoughts as they came to me about a serious subject. The jokes are because I can’t discuss anything like an adult: My sun-burned unease at my part-time…

Wash (Not the Bon Iver Song)

“City Eats Review by Me” written April 10, 2014 “Wash (Not the Bon Iver Song)” written April, 29, 2014   An Explainer: During the spring of 2014 I worked at a small independent cafe near to my apartment in St. Louis.  The work seemed appealing as it did not require grading or calling the homes…