Category Archives: Dreaming on Paper

It comes up (usually because I bring it up) at every new Montclair class, the question of questions, namely: why don’t my students ask more questions? Today, though, I was grateful to get some honest answers. We don’t want to … Continue reading →

So—I’ve given my ENWR100 students their first assignment: an essay on Cheating. Yes, cheating: those little (and sometimes not so little) things we all do from time to time to give ourselves an unearned advantage over others. In class we … Continue reading →

I first saw the Man in Blue in June. He was crossing the bicycle seat factory parking lot. I watched him from the top of Cheese Hill through the binoculars I’d inherited from my father. It was ten o’clock on … Continue reading →