My webmaster suggested that I write some blogs about the teaching of writing as it connects to art, since this is a subject that has interested me for many years, a subject that I concentrated on as a teacher of kids: kids who were gifted; kids who were “average”; as well as some with dual exceptionalities, such as gifted and having Asperge(...)
Valentine's Day with a Wood Stork
It was Valentines Day and I wanted to get out early to check on a nearby colony of nesting Great Herons. It was a cool morning and I found the perfect spot to sit under the Pine Trees to document the Herons coming and going and to try and get some shots of the newly born chicks.
In a matter of minutes I notic(...)
Here at our summer cabin in Wisconsin, where the morning hours are quiet and peaceful, I sit with my laptop and compose short stories that all deal—one way or another—with the trajectory of time on consciousness.
I came to the cabin with all my titles in a folder on my desktop. Things I had jotted down during the year when they popped (...)