I've got a guest post up at The Story Engine's blog! It's all about how to write like a kid again.
Category: Essays
Great expectations
I keep trying to write one of those “this is what I accomplished last year, in spite of it all” sorts of posts, and all I can see is everything I *didn’t* accomplish. So in the spirit of turning a negative into a positive, here’s a list of things I did not do in 2020.
Big Ricky
When I was in fifth grade, my school bus driver gave me my first-ever cassette tape: Van Halen’s 1984. I don’t know what prompted him to do it. Big Ricky* was a heavyset black man who never got mad and always had a smile for even the worst-behaved kids on the bus. Maybe he looked … Continue reading Big Ricky
Resilience
It's seven o'clock and I'm completely brain dead. I can't even imagine how my kids feel, but they're resilient. Or so I'm told. We've been at this online school thing for three and a half weeks now, and the kids are just getting the hang of the new routine. I have to say: their schools … Continue reading Resilience
Missing the mark
When I was in college, I signed up for an archery class. It was the last half of the last semester of my senior year, and I needed one PE credit to graduate. I picked archery because, honestly, it seemed like the phys ed class with least amount of actual physical exertion. To my surprise, … Continue reading Missing the mark
