I am teaching Writing about Literature to College Freshmen This Year, and I Love My Job! But yesterday was the final date for 2 assignments to be submitted, and — you guessed it, I was forced to give some students the grade of zero. Keep guessing — Yes! Today, some of those students were begging…
Category: Journals
#28Days Journal Challenge Prompt: Mindfulness
Yesterday I bought an Apple Watch, and I am already in love with 3 of its features that I didn’t know I’d get, along with my watch. First and very nice: All of my spam calls [and the less numerous valid calls] show up on my Apple Watch. Within seconds, I can dismiss or accept…
Let’s Launch A Journal Habit – #28 Days Journal Challenge
If you are a writer, you may be like me in that you wish that you had a journaling habit. I cannot tell you how many times I have tried to make myself journal every day, but that habit never seems to stick. Yet, it appears that I’ll be teaching good writing habits in college…
Take A Peak into Edith Holden’s Journals – Reflections on March
Before March completely dissolves into April, I want to share a few pages from journals that were kept by Edith Holden, who wrote both The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady and The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. I have had both of these books in my library for years. I especially like the…
The Importance of Writing in a Journal
This spring, I vow to reestablish the important practice of observing nature closely and of recording what I see, smell and hear in a journal. Much of writing is about recreating sensory details, and I am convinced that learning to be more in the moment and observing what I sense in the moment will help…