Total words: 0 Manuscript total: 20,604 I’m supposed to go to a Zoom cocktail party with my high school colleagues (not students!) in about two hours. I’m thinking I’m gonna skip it. I’m all Zoomed out today. I was on Zoom for a staff meeting from 8am to 9am, then Read more…
Total words: 0 (getting a late start today!)Manuscript total: 12,832 Yesterday, I had a lockdown first: I was so busy all day long that I forgot to blog! Between class in the morning (which ended with a delightful conversation about mullets, led by our professor), to social engagements (from six Read more…
Total words: 562Manuscript total: 5,670 This morning, I slept in until 6:30am — highly unusual for me — and instead of jumping into my day’s to-do-list as I drank my first cup of coffee, I did something else unusual. I sat on the couch, and I watched the sunlight play Read more…
Total words today: 1,124Manuscript total: 4,366 I’ve been re-reading Viktor E. Frankl’s seminal work, Man’s Search for Meaning. My progress has been slow; I read a page or two or five each night, which is why I’m only about two-thirds through despite reading it since early February. I think it Read more…
Total words so far today: 1,090Manuscript total: 3,242 Apparently, I needed to be reminded that I thrive when I have routines, projects, and to-do-lists to focus on. Oh — and also, that reading the news obsessively during a time like this is a quick route to depression. I had been Read more…
Total words written today: 1,104Manuscript total: 2,152 of 150,000 (estimated) I just did the math and… I realized I only have about five or six weeks left of my master’s degree program! Yippee! I “go back to school” today, unlike many across our nation, after a one-week spring break. It’s Read more…
Back in the summer when I first started blogging more regularly, I decided to go all John Steinbeck and keep a journal (or blog, in my case) documenting my progress on Soldier of Dorsa. Then the school year started and I had to give up the practice of daily progress Read more…
(A bunch of random things in this post today! Some COVID-19 related and some not). I know a lot of people are feeling down right now. Some people are anxious about COVID-19; others are anxious about the notion that they might have to stay indoors and away from friends and Read more…
Today is March 15. And you know what Julius Caesar would tell you, right?? “Cave Idus Martii.” That’s Latin for “Beware the Ides of March.” In case you don’t know the story, Caesar was warned by a seer to be extra careful on March 15th, but he blew the warning Read more…
So, I just finished the first draft of my edTPA. Which is pretty awesome. It’s a weight off my shoulders, even though it’s not quite finished. I missed my goal of finishing it by February 28, but I’d say March 1 isn’t bad. I still need to go through the Read more…