Monthly Archives: January 2013

Sales and the Shine Part I

Posted on January 22, 2013 by evamccollaum

When I started teaching, too many years ago, I used to make the joke, “I’m so bad at sales, that if I were a prostitute, I’d starve.” Yep. Not all that funny. In my life I have had a number … Continue reading →

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Not in the Recipe

Posted on January 8, 2013 by evamccollaum

My Grandma Jones and my mother gave me all the basic cooking training I have used throughout my life. People uninitiated to cooking seldom realize, until they try to do something in the kitchen, that there are certain given truths … Continue reading →

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Just Some Notes: Part I

Posted on January 5, 2013 by evamccollaum

I moved to Roswell nearly twenty years ago.  I started out teaching Freshmen and Sophomores at dear old Goddard High.  One of the veteran teachers, Francis Taylor, told me about how when she was a Freshman teacher they used to … Continue reading →

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A Clumsy Start

Posted on January 2, 2013 by evamccollaum

January 1 as New Year’s Day strikes me as a clumsy and irrational arrangement.  How is the dead of winter a new beginning?  I suppose it’s a tolerable rehearsal for Lent without the problematic spiritual and theological overtones when resolve … Continue reading →

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