Apr
30
Friday Open Thread (with Finished Things)
Dear Friends,
On Monday, I paid my taxes; on Friday, I turned in the last of the grade books.
Three
3 min read
Amal El-Mohtar
Apr
08
Friday Open Thread (with April)
Dear Friends,
Against all odds it's April, the Cruellest Month as per The Waste Land
[https://www.poetryfoundation.
2 min read
Mar
29
In Conversation with E. Lily Yu Tonight!
Dear Friends,
I've been remiss in writing on a regular schedule lately, and for this I
apologize. But
2 min read
Mar
12
Friday Open Thread (with Breaking Ice)
Dear Friends,
A few days ago I sat down to journal about February – a month I continue to
wrestle with
3 min read
Feb
26
Friday Open Thread (with Stillness)
Dear Friends,
I got 1500 words into a Long Letter for February before deciding I would wait to
finish and
3 min read
Jan
29
A Long Letter for January
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! It's been a while – but since I last wrote on New Year'
9 min read
Dec
31
New Year's Eve, 2021
Dear Friends,
I am extraordinarily sleepy. I have had a big, beautiful meal; I'm drinking a
gift; in
3 min read
Dec
17
Friday Open Thread (with Postcards)
Dear Friends,
When I first moved to the UK – over a decade ago, as a penniless student not yet
dreaming
3 min read
Dec
10
In Search of Lost Timelines
In another timeline, you aren't reading this. You're reading something silly,
joyful, titled Friday Open Thread
4 min read
Dec
03
Friday Open Thread (with December and Gifts)
Dear Friends,
It's December, Sagittarius season, and my birthday month, bringing with it the
end of the teaching
2 min read