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New Year

Posted on December 31, 2008

On the Saturday before election day, I agreed to go with my mother for a long walk through the beautiful Newport News Park. Like many feel about their mothers, I love her, but she is sometimes a trial to me … Read More

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Transit, Tokens, and Teaching

Posted on November 11, 2008

Turnstile.alewife.agrWhenever I create an assignment for my students, I do the assignment myself, and then tweak it if necessary before giving it to them. For my developmental (read: remedial) writing class, I created an assignment in which they had to … Read More

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A Story and a Tangent

Posted on October 5, 2008

In the fall of 1989, I had just begun my freshman year at New York University. I lived on Union Square – it would be the only year I lived in Manhattan before I gave it up for the relative … Read More

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Music in Words

Posted on June 21, 2008

Not so recently – quite a while back, actually – someone dear to me made a special request. The request was, essentially, for a “mix tape” deluxe. She wanted the meaningful songs from my life along with blurbs about why … Read More

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Recuerdo

Posted on June 14, 2008

Not long ago, I was riding with my mother on the way back to her house from some mother-daughter errand or other. I was absently watching the asphalt slip beneath the wheels of the car when I looked up and … Read More

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