A View from a Sabbatical
In another blog, I’ve admitted to keeping journals at different periods of my life. I’ve done this to develop as a writer, not so much to record events. My life […]
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Are We Teaching the Real Subject?
In another blog elsewhere, I have argued that when it comes to teaching writing, educators sometimes play the blame game. No matter what level of writing they are working with, […]
It’s Hard Being Easy
Looks can be deceiving. I remember watching a heavy metal band acting as though the real power in their guitars was coming through their mighty strums. They’d grimace and reach […]
Pity and Imitation
Today I thought again about Plato and Aristotle and their views on poetry. Plato, of course, rejected poetry as mere imitation. Since it could not, as a copy of a […]
A Little Resolution Realism to Start the New Year
I’ve not taken New Year’s resolutions seriously for decades. The reason is simple. I’ve never been able to do much with them. Today, when I consider how hard it is […]