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An index of my favorite essays, ideas, and open notebook entries found here.
If you’re new here, I’m glad you found your way to me.
This is my open notebook: essays about teaching, reading, family, and grief, written in the spirit of noticing what matters. There’s classroom stuff here, and there’s writing about books, and there’s writing about losing my father and the ongoing work grieving requires. All of it is an attempt to test the idea that ordinary life might pass for art if you look at it long enough.
I write things down because it's how I stay sane, creatively alive, and present in my own life. It makes me a better observer of my students, my kids, the whole blur of it. Occasionally, that turns into something someone else finds useful too.
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Here are a few places to begin.
For the Curious
Books, ideas, and the things I think about often:
The Recommended Dosage series: These posts include books, essays, media, journal prompts, and small ideas that have been aiding in my intellectual and creative sanity.
If You Teach, or Used To, or Are Thinking About It
The Personal Stuff
After my father passed away, writing became the only way I knew how to make sense of anything. Some of these pieces felt almost too personal to publish. But writing them helped me, and if they resonate with someone else, then cool, it was worth it.
Things I'd Tell You Over Cocktails
These pieces collect short pieces of advice that have stuck with me for years. I love wisdom that is simple enough to remember but meaningful enough to guide my real-life decisions.
Some Life Advice From the Women Who Made Me
Some Relationships Only Make Sense If You Stop Overanalyzing Them
Those are a few good places to start. Take a look around and stay if you like what you see. I’m usually in the comments. Come say hi! 🖤