i begin this new blog in honor of all those i’ve taught. thank you for teaching me. with each class i recognized my limitations and God’s willingness to work with me regardless. each student challenged my wisdom, skill, assumed knowledge and encouraged me to step up my game…it was good. but all that positivity aside,…
Tag: writing
liberia — it’s in my blood
i’ve been doing research on liberia for an encyclopedia entry (yeah, i’m taking this writing thing seriously — it’s almost overwhelming me).* as i read, i find out things that confirm my memories and other things that make my head spin. i lived in such corruption, under its nose. i was sheltered just enough to…
oh yeah!
i’ve got good news and i’m so used to being formal with my speech that i can’t even share it without sounding stuffed. i just deleted a sentence that i thought clearly expressed my happiness but please, who was i kidding. what i really want to say is: i’m getting published!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! okay, it’s not my…
why
am i still working on this proposal? because i didn’t work enough in the past. and as much as i’d like to postpone tomorrow, the day when post offices reopen, the day when i can send a fax, the day when i have to tutor, to plan song service, to write an article… tomorrow is…
i just
feel like writing something since it’s been a while and all you who read this probably desire something new. i also want to talk about the power of sharing a good thing. we never know how the good thought we’ve received will impact someone else. why not share it? somehow we often don’t. it’s not…
writing fever
so much has happened in the last 2 months. now i have a lull for just a couple of weeks. and in these 2 weeks, i have a lot of writing to do. i may get a poem published if the mag likes my revisions. i may finally actually finish my book. i may join…
relief
yes, i’m a writer and what do writers do? they write! come what may (or april or december or july)