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Are There Things That Are Important Beyond All This Fiddle? Or NaPoWriMo and You

Posted on April 4, 2013 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

In which Emma rationalizes her decision to write and post a poem a day along with her students. Publicly. No, really. Continue reading »

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Sometimes things are exciting …

Posted on March 3, 2013 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

In which Emma talks about some Seriously Exciting Things and gives so many links your head may explode with all the awesome. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Three

Posted on September 13, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma has a crazy busy week and takes pictures of it. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Two

Posted on June 24, 2012 by emmabolden • 6 Comments

In which Emma transitions into summer vacation and explains how “vacation” is a misnomer. Continue reading »

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Words of Advice

Posted on May 23, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma urges you to read Lorrie Moore’s Self Help. No, she means all of it. And right now. Why are you still reading this? GO! Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Seventeen (AND BEYOND)

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

In which Emma offers a great many photographs for the week and then some past. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirteen

Posted on April 15, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma offers a glimpse of her week, mostly in terms of candy and cute animals. Continue reading »

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I Am Emma’s Leg

Posted on February 20, 2012 by emmabolden • 8 Comments

In which Emma posts the results of a writing prompt in solidarity with her students. Continue reading »

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Dementors Schmentors, Or How I Stopped Flipping Out And Learned To Love The Boy Who Lived

Posted on August 27, 2011 by emmabolden • 6 Comments

In which Emma becomes a Harry Potter addict, even after terrifying children’s movies ruin her childhood. Continue reading »

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“I’ve seen the bridge and the bridge is long / And they built it high and they built it strong”

Posted on March 18, 2011 by emmabolden • 3 Comments

In which Emma creates and then extends a terrible metaphor but also talks about where she is going, where she has been. Continue reading »