Monthly Archives: July 2012

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Another summer in a winter town / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / Brief Updating / bright shining spots in the very much dark / childhood ailments and other daily disasters / creative nonfiction / DUENDE / Emma hits a wall / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / failed or otherwise / Film / flickr / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / gratuitous photos of whatnot / ill omens / instagram / IRL Drama Llama / multi-tasking / My meowing roommates / nonappearances / nonfiction / NOT COOL. / On the book and putting it together / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / pictorial representations / poems / poetry / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / shameless cat photos / Squee! / stalled / The Drama Llama / The grind / The latest medical anomaly / The Year of Projects / velociraptors / visual representations / What Emma is up to / White Board / writing life / writing room

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Seven

Posted on July 30, 2012 by emmabolden • 4 Comments

In which Emma review the week and offers a pictorial representation of what it feels like to have kidney stones. Continue reading »

A brief break from the poetry / accidental confessions / bad behavior in public places / Buster the Friendly Dog / childhood ailments and other daily disasters / drafts / Emma's Awkward Adolescence / family / fiction smiction / gratuitous photos of whatnot / I really did go to a school called Our Lady of Perpetual Help / inspiration / learning / learning patience slowly / lists / Mr. Turkey / My Little Pony / Notebooks / perfection is boring. period. / Photo for the day / revision / Scenes from my childhood / The evolution of Emma / The Journal of Seven Year Old Emily Bolden / The Year of Projects / Turkeys are squooshy?! / What Emma is up to / writing life

The Return of Mr. Turkey

Posted on July 27, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma explores The Journal of Seven-Year-Old Emily Bolden and unearths another moment in The Life and Times of Mr./Ms. Turkey. Continue reading »

2012 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / accidental confessions / Another summer in a winter town / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / bad behavior in public places / Bizarre associations and other odd tendencies / classroom / Corrections / creative nonfiction / De-Facebooking / drafts / education / edumacation / Emma's Awkward Adolescence / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / Facebook / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / Fear and how to face it / Gertrude Stein (human version) / Going to eleven / inspiration / It is ON 2012 / learning / learning patience slowly / living without linebreaks / Mr. Turkey / mullings and ramblings / Notebooks / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / plans / revision / Scenes from my childhood / teaching / teaching writing / The evolution of Emma / The grind / The Journal of Seven Year Old Emily Bolden / The siege in the room / The Year of Projects / thought for the day / training / What Emma is up to / writing life / writing teachers / [expletive deleted]

Me Against The Hydra

Posted on July 27, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma examines her life-long battle with telling way, way too much. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / 8th graders / A festival of photos / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academia / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Another summer in a winter town / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / bad behavior in public places / Bad girls and good girls gone bad / books / bright shining spots in the very much dark / classroom / Corrections / creative nonfiction / creative writing pedagogy / definitions / drafts / DUENDE / education / edumacation / Emma hits a wall / Emma is very lucky / Emma's Awkward Adolescence / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / Failure Schmailure / Fear and how to face it / Film / flickr / Free to Be You and Me / Friendship Is Magic / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Happy accidents / I really did go to a school called Our Lady of Sorrows / inspiration / instagram / It is ON 2012 / learning / learning patience slowly / Lorrie Moore / love / mullings and ramblings / My meowing roommates / My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad. / no words / nonfiction / Photo for the day / Photography / Probably quite a bit TMI / random musings / re-purposing / reading / readings / Recharging the mental batteries / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Scenes from my childhood / stalled / Tangents that should be entires on their own / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / The grind / The latest medical anomaly / The Summer of Lorrie Moore / The Year of Projects / thought for the day / Thoughts of a Nonfiction Fan Girl / What Emma is up to / wonders and apparitions / writing life

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Six

Posted on July 22, 2012 by emmabolden • 3 Comments

In which Emma does some heavy thinking and then shows some pictures. Continue reading »

2012 / A festival of photos / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / appearances / awesome / bad behavior in public places / chapbooks / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / EPIC WIN / events / Georgia / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Hotel / inspiration / instagram / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / kitteh / multi-tasking / music / My meowing roommates / Pepsi-Cola / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photography / poems / poetry / poets / reading / readings / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / shameless self-promotion / Squee! / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing community / writing life

It’s taken everything I have not to make the lyrics to that Charleston song the title of this post.

Posted on July 18, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma provides photo-documentation of her trip to Charleston. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / accidental confessions / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / announcements / Another summer in a winter town / appearances / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / classroom / cool/not cool / Corrections / creative writing pedagogy / creepers / De-Facebooking / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / education / edumacation / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / evaluations / Facebook / Film / flickr / Free to Be You and Me / Friendship Is Magic / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / hopes and dreams / Inquiries into academics / instagram / internet fads / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / kitteh / learning / learning patience slowly / MacBook / Movin' on / mullings and ramblings / multi-tasking / My meowing roommates / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / plans / poetry / Promises promises / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / Recharging the mental batteries / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Righting Wrongs / shameless cat photos / sins of commission and omission / So long / Stationary Objects and Collisions Therewith / Tangents that should be entires on their own / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / The grind / The Year of Projects / this is the end beautiful friend / thought for the day / velociraptors / visual representations / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / writing and not writing / writing life / writing teachers / You gotta have friends / [expletive deleted]

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Five

Posted on July 16, 2012 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

In which Emma makes a positive life decision and posts cat photos, of course. Continue reading »

2001: A Space Odyssey / 2012 / A brief break from the poetry / A festival of photos / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / bad behavior in public places / contemporary poetry / creepers / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / Emma is very lucky / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / Epic Cat Battles / Film / Georgia / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / How the iPhone changed my life / ill omens / instagram / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / kitteh / Live-Tweeting / Losing courage and other freakouts / MacBook / META / MLP / movies / multi-tasking / My Little Pony / My meowing roommates / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / plot / Poetry Rock Stars / poetry superheroes / poets / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / shameless self-promotion / Squee! / summations / teaching / teaching writing / Thanks and thanks again / The evolution of Emma / Twitter / visual representations / What Emma is up to / writing community / writing life / You gotta have friends

2012: A Tweet Odyssey

Posted on July 13, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma offers photo-documentation of her part in the 2001: A Space Odyssey Live-Tweet Endurance Race. Continue reading »

2012 / A manifesto of sorts / accidental confessions / aesthetic theory / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / DUENDE / Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate / Emma is very lucky / Emma's theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry / extended metaphors / failed or otherwise / False Dichotomies / Fear and how to face it / Home / hopes and dreams / How Emily Dickinson changed (saved?) my life / influences / inspiration / Language systems / learning / love poems / mullings and ramblings / music / no words / odd comparisons and awkward metaphors / Perspiration? Inspiration? / poems / poetry / Poetry as therapy / random musings / readings / Shifting metaphors / Thanks and thanks again / The evolution of Emma / The grind / thought for the day / wonders and apparitions / writing life

Before It Breaks

Posted on July 12, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma talks about poetry and music and being in awe of it all. Continue reading »

2001: A Space Odyssey / 2012 / A teacher's education / Academia / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Alice B. Toklas (human version) / announcements / Another summer in a winter town / appearances / books / classroom / creative writing pedagogy / creepers / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / eyebrows / Fan Girl / Film / flickr / Georgia / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Gertrude Stein (human version) / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / hopes and dreams / instagram / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / kitteh / learning / Live-Tweeting / living without linebreaks / Losing courage and other freakouts / movies / multi-tasking / My meowing roommates / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / plans / poets / ranting and raving / re-purposing / reading / readings / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Righting Wrongs / shameless cat photos / shameless self-promotion / Squee! / summations / Teacher Texts / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / the genre line (and stepping over it) / The Year of Projects / Thoughts of a Nonfiction Fan Girl / Twitter / visual representations / What Emma is up to / writing community / writing life / writing teachers / You gotta have friends / [expletive deleted]

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Four

Posted on July 9, 2012 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma talks about her week and stuff, you know, like she does. Continue reading »

All-around amazing people / announcements / Another summer in a winter town / appearances / awesome / bad behavior in public places / Brief Updating / Emma is very lucky / Emma's Awkward Adolescence / EPIC WIN / events / Facebook / Film / Going to eleven / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / Live-Tweeting / Mission to Make Emma Cool / movies / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / Other Poets / Pass it on! / poems / poetry / poets / ranting and raving / reading / readings / Scenes from my childhood / shameless self-promotion / Squee! / Those Who Walk The Same Line / Twitter / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / Where I Often Travel / wonders and apparitions / writing community / writing life / You gotta have friends / [expletive deleted]

Some Sundry Announcements and Stuff

Posted on July 7, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma announces two upcoming and totally exciting events. Continue reading »