Once upon a time there was a little poem. It wasn't a story and it wasn't a song. But it could be. The poem thought and knew it could be both. It sat on a sofa of gerunds, awash in cushiony possibility. It sipped a hot tea of nouns and verbs, with a dash of … Continue reading story time sunday, April 7th 2013 — the little poem
Tag: Magically Real
midweek magic — genius girls making games with twine and showing us how– March 27th 2013
Dear Friends of Magically Real -- The world is filled with unsung heroes, and under-appreciated genii. It is a thrill to discover them and glimpse the workings of art-forms that you never really knew existed, and to get a nicely heaping spoonful of humility, when you encounter talented folks who can do deep, amazing, revolutionary … Continue reading midweek magic — genius girls making games with twine and showing us how– March 27th 2013
Story time Sunday, March 24th 2013. Darren in Geneva
I tell Darren I love him, and he just looks at me. I've told him this in French and in English for more than 30 years, but he still looks at me, and then he vanishes and I'm standing in a phone booth in Geneva, or talking to the manager of a hotel, and looking … Continue reading Story time Sunday, March 24th 2013. Darren in Geneva
Sunday Special Edition: getting it right side up… March 17th 2013
Dear Friends – How can we talk in a fresh way about the extreme socio-economic inequities that plague our globe in the 21st century? Or better, how do we show them to ourselves and each other in ways that make us stop, think, wonder, ask? I would like to say that it is easy for … Continue reading Sunday Special Edition: getting it right side up… March 17th 2013
special sunday edition — 03/03/13 — is realism real(ly any good)?
Dear friends -- two different posts by two brilliant, but very different writers got me thinking about this question today. One friend posted that she thought ARGO was an ok movie, but says it would have been better if had been real. Another writer who is an acquaintance posted a thoughtful, highly-critical analysis of ZERO … Continue reading special sunday edition — 03/03/13 — is realism real(ly any good)?
midweek magic mayhem — what the heck’s a MOOC or sometimes reality isn’t just strange, it’s super COOL
Dear Friends -- Accessing a website posted by a friend on facebook about online education at CalState I fell through the rabbit hole and ended up here (if you click on it it will get much bigger): And then I went here: I ended up in the molecular universe of MOOCS. In a nutshell, MOOC … Continue reading midweek magic mayhem — what the heck’s a MOOC or sometimes reality isn’t just strange, it’s super COOL
story time sunday 01/13/13
Once upon a time there was a fire in a fireplace, but the man, who was a man from the city and not the country said I want that fire to be big. So he fooled around and the fire went out. Don't fool around, said the woman, but the man said I want a … Continue reading story time sunday 01/13/13
4 Stories we love for Storytime Sunday, 12/22/12
I've been thinking alot about communities lately, and how fortunate I am to be involved with several great ones. Teachers who are supportive and generous, students who are supportive and generous, wonderful friends who introduce me to their friends, who are also wonderful. So here are some stories that we'd like to support over here … Continue reading 4 Stories we love for Storytime Sunday, 12/22/12
Mid-December Meditation: Diffusing Dread through play — cosmopolitanism and the pastoral, part 1
Last night I briefly worried that a writer friend of mine – who was working holiday shifts at a Portland Macy’s – might have gotten caught in the Clackamas melee of December 11th, 2012. Relief that she was ok was followed by grief – for the 3 people who died, including the shooter. The story … Continue reading Mid-December Meditation: Diffusing Dread through play — cosmopolitanism and the pastoral, part 1
Storytime Sunday, 12/09/12. What Clara wants.
as promised.... silly, and a bit suggestive. for children over the age of 12. Clara would like to make love to the Nutcracker. Or marry him. Whichever comes first, and whatever that means. I think that's obvious, but what is perhaps less obvious (although Freud understood it) is that the Mouse King has his good … Continue reading Storytime Sunday, 12/09/12. What Clara wants.
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 