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Week Two
This week we finally go the satisfaction of harvesting for CSA and for Farmer’s Market. While James and I have had many a good conversation in the late afternoons while freeing raspberries from the choke hold of angry thistles, we much prefer pulling box after box of colorful organic vegetables out of the ground, washing them, and packing them up ( Read more... ) -
Week One on the Farm
We've finished our first week! Here is what we did ( Read more... ) -
ColaMoosaJamesaMegaRado!
So, James and I have officially been farmers (well, farm apprentices) for 24 hours. We are dirty and tired and sunburned and really really excited about our new life here ( Read more... ) -
Michael Ondaatje - The Diverse Causes
We are in a cell of civilized magic.
Stravinsky roars at breakfast,
our milk is powdered.
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So, Brandon Darby, one of the directors of Common Ground Relief (the group I volunteered with in New Orleans) was an FBI snitch... worse, a "PROUD FBI SNITCH." -
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from The Sea, by John Banville ( Read more... ) -
I and Me
I and MeI punched our story into a dusty keyboard ( Read more... ) -
Book Blogging
Robert Hass, Time and Materials (2008 Pulitzer ( Read more... ) -
Sestina for the Spring
I stumbled across this in a notebook this morning and edited it a little bit. I think I scribbled it down in March or April. It seems like a nice follow-up for this one http://sleepinthewoods.livejournal.com/9126.html from last summer.
Sestina for the SpringAs the sun cracks through, I ( Read more... ) -
Teacher refuses to give EOC test
A teacher in North Carolina refused to give his special-ed students the state-mandated End of Course Exam. He likely lost his job, but made a huge splash.
Here is his video...he can be a little snarky, but the end is very touching.
Today I observed our EC (exceptional ed/ special ed) department giving a test to a mostly non-verbal kid who ( Read more... )
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