Teeny Tiny Mantras
Today is Patti Smith.
Patti Smith - Horses (full studio version) (by Twentysixbillion)
Kind of stuck on this song.
Elvis Costello, “When It Sings” (by Iain Halliday)
may my heart always be open to little birds
who are the secrets of living… (by ee cummings)(photo by catene)
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writing Archive
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Goulash
Posted on August 4, 2009 | 1 CommentDeclan is upstairs, singing along to an extended disco remix of Donna Summer’s “I Will Live for Love” that someone has set to a video parade of stellar objects on... -
Aspiration: Read more, read well
Posted on January 16, 2009 | 3 CommentsI produce and ingest hearty portions of all of the major Internet food groups daily: tweets, shared items and updates on Facebook, a wide variety of blogs and news aggregators.... -
Imperfectionism
Posted on January 9, 2009 | 1 CommentAs I was cleaning on New Year’s Day, an old cookie fortune flittered out of a pile of papers onto the floor. “You’re a perfectionist,” it said, in deceptively friendly... -
Give me light
Posted on August 8, 2008 | No CommentsI had the remarkable opportunity to interview artist James Turrell a couple of weeks ago and preview his light installation at Franklin Park Conservatory. I hope that the story I... -
Great Google-y moogly: An alternative “about me”
Posted on July 18, 2008 | 6 CommentsSo, she recommended that whether we’re headed for BlogHer or not, women bloggers consider introducing themselves to the wider community by posting about the perverse-sounding act of Googling ourselves. This... -
Pen power
Posted on March 16, 2008 | No CommentsI spent a good part of yesterday as a judge for Power of the Pen, a scholastic writing competition for middle school kids, which was an honor and an absolute... -
We look good in silver
Posted on March 11, 2008 | 6 CommentsI just received a happy piece of news in my email. For the second year running, KnowledgeWorks Foundation’s annual publications about urban high school reform have won silver Wilmer Shields... -
Child helps journalist
Posted on November 3, 2007 | 1 CommentHere is a story that I wrote for Columbus Alive this week. Declan helped. Not because he is a particularly good editor or writer at two and a half, but... -
Who are you and what are we doing here together?
Posted on October 27, 2007 | 5 CommentsWriting a blog is a funny exercise. When I write for publication, media kits and writer’s guidelines give me some sense of who the audience is, or, more precisely, who... -
More on urban school reform
Posted on October 3, 2007 | No CommentsI’ve spent the last couple of days with my passionate and inspiring colleagues from the KnowledgeWorks storytelling project. At long last, our publications about early college and small school reform...
