Maybe it’s hanging out at the homestead that makes me prone to reminiscences. That, and the glow of the scanner as I rescue photos from a shoebox. I realized, aghast, that it’s been 15 years since I spent the summer working in Yellowstone National Park. I wasn’t a ranger but a room attendant at the Old […]
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Writing Stylish Postcards: Take the Haiku Challenge
For my birthday a few years ago, my friend Molly gave me a slim book called the haiku year. It changed not only the way I thought about haiku but also about postcards. In the book’s preface, Tom Gilroy explains that the friends pledged to write a haiku a day and send them to each […]
Gifts on the Move: The Hunt for Groovy Souvenirs in Costa Rica (Part I)
So I’m going to do that thing I tell students not to do: I’ll start with a definition. And not only will I start with a definition, but it will be from dictionary.com, not even a dictionary with a spine and distracting thumbnail pictures. A “souvenir,” according to this source, is a “usually small and […]