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Sales and the Shine: Part II
There is something about teaching that is a little like sales. I haven’t chased down all the things they have in common, but they do work together in certain ways. I have come to this conclusion from watching Cadillac Man … Continue reading
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Sales and the Shine Part I
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
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
Just Some Notes: Part I
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
A Clumsy Start
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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Sexy V. and the All Girl Solution
Now that all the packages are unwrapped, and we’re all experiencing the anticlimax of Christmas morning, I can share when my anticlimax started. For me FINALS WEEK is the real start of Christmas. Except for one horrible year in my … Continue reading
Guacamole from Scratch
Recently one of my Sophomores (initials–R.M.; alias–Evelyn) gave me three avacados from her family’s property in sunny California. They were remarkable avacados, and I promised to make the class guacamole. I almost let them get too ripe, but just in … Continue reading
Writing in Circles
I am at war with my pants. This may not sound surprising to people who are required to wear factory made uniforms, but I suspect those who have never had to wear tight-fitting polyesters will not understand. I cannot really … Continue reading
American Fat: Part I
I have been fat for longer than America, at least it feels that way. I may someday hold forth on why putting America on a diet will NOT work, but before I do, I want to discuss that freak show … Continue reading
Choosing Ebenezer 