“Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.” A.R. Ammons
I’m reading my favorite poet, A.R. Ammons, and I find this quote on close observation: “Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.” It’s so simple and
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I’m reading my favorite poet, A.R. Ammons, and I find this quote on close observation: “Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.” It’s so simple and
My students turned in the most beautiful and complex “Where I’m From” poems as a prewriting assignment for their Signature Stories. The “Where I’m From”
For so long, I stomped around the boundaries of my ordinary life and repeated Psalm 16: “The boundary lines for me have fallen in pleasant
My daughters teach me what legato means today as they play piano. It’s smooth, connected playing as opposed to staccato which is short and disconnected.
I’m struck by Dallas Willard’s quote about discipleship. He writes, “Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if He were you.” If
I’m explaining to my daughters why I have to sear the meat before I cook it in the oven or crockpot. “It seals in the
I’ve had to call the Technology Help Desk for the English Department twice because of networked printer problems. Each time, the support person says in
Today I did things I normally don’t do. I tried to read piano music alongside one daughter. I tried to harmonize alongside my other daughter
My daughter tells me that hot water freezes faster than cold water. This cannot be! I’ve heard the idea before, but I’ve never researched it.
Today I lug myself to my campus office with my arms full of books, papers, my purse, my lunch, and a bag dangling from my