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Author Archives: evamccollaum
Imperial
A little over two years ago I had an experience that I’ve been turning over in my head lately. It has to do with a nerdy black t-shirt. I was teaching high school English at the time, and I bought … Continue reading
Returning to Cyberspace
I’ve been gone for a time, nearly a year. Why? I’ll explain that later. Here I want to celebrate home cooking. For the past week I have been engaged in a bit of a home cooking joyride! It has been … Continue reading
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Tagged brownies, chicken salad sandwich, cobbler, hobbies, home cooking, simple pleasures, waffles
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Bookish Directions
In two days we’ll be ready for one heck of an event. The Bookish Affair will begin on the NMMI Campus at 2:00 pm in Mabee Hall, and I have come to realize that most people have not visited the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookish, Inspiration, JOY Writers, reading, Shawshank Redemption, Writing
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Constructive Criticism
I used to take voice lessons, and for those who have not done so, voice lessons can be a great deal more daunting than you might think. They test the self and the confidence in all sorts of strange ways. … Continue reading
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Tagged Constructive Criticism, Criticism, Kevin McIlvoy, Lynn Werner, singing, teaching, Writing
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Spring Break Ends
It doesn’t seem fair that Spring Break is over since I feel like I have zero motivation to get back to school tomorrow morning. I’m serious. I am infected with terrible Spring Fever, and I have to write a test … Continue reading
Best Huck Sentence 2
It’s that time of week again. It’s time for me to add to the best sentences. I have so many this week, it’s hard to choose just five. I chose fifteen for my lecture on this set of chapters, that … Continue reading
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Latinate
Years ago I attended a lecture in which the professor’s thesis was that Yeats in his “Wild Swans at Coole” consciously chose to use almost all Anglo Saxon words until he could drop Latinate words and cause little bombs to … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo Saxon, Bible, Coen Brothers, Disney, Kevin McIlvoy, Latin, Latinate, lexicon, Shakespeare, Vikings, words
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What are You?
I have asked my students to define their own culture. It’s tricky, isn’t it? Culture and race are different, at least to my mind. Your race you inherit. You have nothing to say about it. Your culture you can bend. … Continue reading