Keep Writing

For eight months starting last December, I had been journaling faithfully nearly every day; six or seven days most weeks. Then, about six weeks ago I stopped. I’m not sure why — maybe because I’ve been working on other projects. But suddenly I realized I’d disobeyed my own instruction: Keep writing.
“Keep writing” is what I [...]

Back to School Shopping: Paper, pencils and juggling balls

Two weeks till school and the autumn ritual has begun: Back to School Shopping. Not for my students. They are high school – (or junior high school – ) dropouts. Now they are enrolled in the GED program where I teach. Let’s just say they’re not the pocket-protector types. It’s rare that they come to [...]

Looking for the Moon

Last week I was standing on the beach with my sister and my niece. We were spending a vacation week together and had just eaten dinner at an outdoor restaurant. After we finished our meals, we wandered down to the sea. My niece, who is 8, was collecting white stones, looking for the smoothest and [...]

Studio Art

I just returned from the Parrish Art Musem in Southampton, NY, where I saw an exhibit called “Studio as Muse.” The word studio, I learned comes from the Latin, studium, which contains elements of both study and zeal. The exhibit contains detailed miniatures of various artists’ studios. Like dollhouses or diaramas, one can peek into these scaled-down rooms [...]