It’s the Tuesday after Labor Day, and that can only mean one thing… Back to School! Looks like it will be another semester teaching three Comp1 courses and one Comp and Lit class. Class vibes and enthusiasm from the students of my first two classes were all great, even for the 8am course. Energy in […]
Summer Project – Office
After I finished teaching for summer session 1, I wanted a project to keep me busy for the rest of the summer. I decided that project should be putting together my office. When I moved here 16 months ago, the room that was supposed to be my office ended up becoming a storage room for all […]
Equality
Hello, there. My name is Christine. You probably don’t know me. I’m not any of the politicians or celebrities out there who are commenting on the current state of affairs in our country. I am just your average American citizen. I was raised with religion. My dad’s side of the family was probably more spiritual than […]
Anchored
Sometimes, an anchor can be a really good thing. It can hold us fast and keep us from floating away. And sometimes, it is just heavy metal and chains holding us down from striking out into lesser known, and sometimes scarier, destinations. The even scarier thing is when we are our own anchor. That’s what […]
Disconnected
My cell phone died a couple of nights ago, and since then, I’ve felt so disconnected with people and the world. Weird, isn’t it? That we need technology to keep connected? I think this is largely due to the fact that I recently moved 50+ miles away from my friends and I am at least […]
Journey
I’ve been thinking about a particular idea a lot lately, the idea being that we are (mostly) in control of our own destinies. How successful or happy or healthy we are has a lot to do with where and how we focus our energies. We may dream big dreams in our heads, and we may […]
Anthem #2
Oh, how I love it when the music says it all… It’s Amazing — Jem Do it, now You know who you are You feel it in your heart And you’re burning with ambition But first, wait Won’t get it on a plate You gonna have to work for it Harder and harder And I […]
NaNoWriMo
Just over 80 hours to go until the writing frenzy begins. So far, I have a general story/plot idea, a few loose conflict ideas, and some sketchy character sketches for 4 of the characters. I’m pretty much going to be a Pantster this time around and see how it works for me. Now I just […]
Crazy
I must be nuts. There’s no other explanation. I just signed up for NaNoWriMo. 50,000 words in 30 days. In addition to working 2 jobs and starting my 22-Week Challenge. Somebody, commit me before I sign up for or dream up some other crazy scheme. Anyway, I’ll be trying to keep an update of my […]
Creativity
It’s tough being a creative person in these kinds of economic times. Truth be told, it’s probably tough to be just about anyone. But being a creative person looking for a career myself, it dawns on me that I’m kind of screwed as far as finding something I would *love* to do. This is me […]