Dreams may be deferred but they need not be abandoned. These dreams — or long-term goals, desires, aspirations, visions for our future — can be hard to remember when unexpected life events demand that we shift our focus. Maybe we go into survival mode. Or, maybe we simply must give time and energy to something…
Tag: graduate school
Super-sized Serving of Wisdom and Inspiration
It was an action- and inspiration-packed week. And there was even another author event at Portsmouth’s Music Hall with Tracy Kidder, but I didn’t have the presence of mind to snap a photo. Ann Hood is the visiting author this year at Southern New Hampshire University. I totally loved her novel, The Knitting Circle and…
The house by the river
These images are from the amazing, jaw-dropping location of our class picnic last week. I’m trying to learn the special features of my Corel Paint Shop Pro and thought I’d take a stab at assembling a collage. It’s not as easy as the mosaic maker on Big Huge Labs, but I like the option of rectangular rather…
High-heeled Athletics Make for Good Entertainment
The guys in the dorm made up this game of TennisBall (the ball is a tightly matted wad of paper and masking tape). When they asked if I’d like to try my hand at it, I set down my bottle of Kombucha (a healthful fermented tea beverage that was first created in Tibet) and got…
Back to School
Look who was waiting for me in the garden this morning! It’s back to school for me today. I’ve been accepted into an MFA program for literary writing that operates on what they call “the studio model”. This means that rather than attend weekly classes, each student studies and writes from home, corresponding by mail…