Category: Teaching

Nag, Nag, Nag

This is for Eleni and Jill, who are inexplicably pestering me for word from my journey East. I can’t imagine why. I’ll just put you to sleep. [Editor’s note: I tried to post this last night, but I guess rural Vermont isn’t noted for its reliable Internet access, so I’m writing from the Manchester, New Hampshire airport.] I’ve been gone for a week. Since, as you all know, I have no memory, I have no […]

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Finger Food

I have little faith in my ability to resume writing on this blog. Timorous, tentative steps. The ice is thinner than it looks. My accomplishment today was to spend time with my student, MM, and two of her children. We filled out applications for a library card (which I’d had the unusual foresight to print online last night) and had no trouble in getting the cards issued. I was so excited I felt like it […]

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