(my daily blog)
For the final assignment for my advanced writers at Penn State–after moving through signature stories, controversy and persuasion, opinion pieces, and professional materials for job
I love the day before the leaf blowers come, before the families with their rakes assemble, and before the autumn wind swirls and winter snow
I show my students the research regarding the importance of teaching information in order to retain that knowledge. In fact, if you study with the
Today, fluffy white globs fell upon our neighborhood. Snow! We haven’t even raked our yard from falling autumn leaves, and the snow dared to come
I love the moment when a student wants to improve an essay after the grade comes in—not for a higher grade or for any other
Today I had a great conversation with a younger writer who wants to finish a manuscript while also maintaining a full-time job and raising a
I receive an alert that thunderstorms will most likely delay my trip home tomorrow. I apply the family motto that “every delay is God’s way”
I’m traveling and speaking again this weekend, and this morning, I learned to ask this question: What truly brings me joy? How can I do
It’s so true what God says in Psalm 32:8: I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel
I’ve been talking to my older daughter about how to worship God in any situation. We talk about marveling over something that brings you to a