2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / awesome / bad behavior in public places / Brief Updating / classroom / Creative Writing and the Web / creative writing pedagogy / creepers / Department of Writing and Linguistics / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / Fiction / Film / flickr / Found art / Free to Be You and Me / Georgia Southern / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Groups Who Do Good Work / How the iPhone changed my life / inspiration / instagram / Internet culture / It is ON 2012 / learning / META / multi-tasking / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / Online culture / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / poems / poetry / poets / reading / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Some Groups Who Do Good Work / summations / teaching / teaching writing / the lyric essay / The Year of Projects / What Emma is up to / writing life / writing teachers / You better work

That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Eight

In which Emma realizes that the world just looks better through Instagram. Continue reading »

2012 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / awesome / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / classroom / crafting / crafts / Deliciousness / disagreeable/agreeable / education / edumacation / 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 / evaluations / Film / flickr / Found art / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / How the iPhone changed my life / instagram / It is ON 2012 / kawaii / kidney stones / learning patience slowly / Movin' on / multi-tasking / My meowing roommates / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / publishing / publishing (or not publishing / reading / readings / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Squee! / submissions / summations / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The Drama Llama / The Great Kidney Stone Battle Royale of 2012 / The latest medical anomaly / The Year of Projects / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing life / writing teachers / zakka

That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Four

In which Emma does the picture thing again. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / accidental confessions / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Another summer in a winter town / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome / bad behavior in public places / book reviews / books / Chchchchanges / classroom / cool/not cool / creative nonfiction / creative writing pedagogy / education / edumacation / 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 / Film / flickr / Found art / Free to Be You and Me / Georgia / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / How the iPhone changed my life / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / instagram / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / Lana Del Ray / learning / living without linebreaks / Lorrie Moore / multi-tasking / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / nonfiction / pedagogy / Pepsi-Cola / perfection is boring. period. / Photo for the day / Photography / random musings / reading / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Squee! / submissions / Teacher Texts / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / the genre line (and stepping over it) / The Summer of Lorrie Moore / Thoughts of a Nonfiction Fan Girl / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / writing life / writing teachers / You gotta have friends

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Three

In which Emma writes a crappy summary because The Real Housewives is on. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Epic Cat Battles / flickr / Found art / Georgia / Georgia Southern / Happy accidents / I really did go to a school called Our Lady of Sorrows / instagram / It is ON 2012 / kitteh / Milestones and suchness / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / Photo for the day / Photography / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Squee! / Summer School / teaching / That Was The Week That Was / The grind / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / Where I Often Travel / wonders and apparitions

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty

In which Emma posts her 350th post, and also manages to post her photos for the week on time! Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / Bizarre associations and other odd tendencies / books / childhood ailments and other daily disasters / classroom / cool/not cool / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / education / edumacation / Emma hits a wall / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / Fiction / fiction smiction / Film / flickr / Found art / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Huffy Henry hid the day away / ill omens / influences / inspiration / instagram / It is ON 2012 / Lana Del Ray / learning / learning patience slowly / Losing courage and other freakouts / NOT COOL. / pedagogy / Photo for the day / Photography / plans / plot / project runway / reading / readings / research / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Sarah Lawrence College / Squee! / stalled / summations / Summer School / Tangents that should be entires on their own / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The Drama Llama / The evolution of Emma / The latest medical anomaly / The Year of Projects / training / What Emma is up to / wonders and apparitions / writing life / writing space / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Nineteen

In which Emma fights through her death plague to post her photos of the week. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A teacher's education / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / awesome / bad behavior in public places / books / classroom / Comp prompts / Composition / cool/not cool / Department of Writing and Linguistics / education / edumacation / Emma's Awkward Adolescence / filet o'fish / flickr / Forms of Poetry / Found art / Georgia / Georgia Southern / Happy accidents / How the iPhone changed my life / I really did go to a school called Our Lady of Sorrows / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / instagram / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / learning / My meowing roommates / pedagogy / Photo for the day / Photography / reading / readings / research / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / rock tumbling / sacrilicious / Scenes from my childhood / sins of commission and omission / Squee! / Stick Figure Pedagogy / Stick figures ARE art / Tangents that should be entires on their own / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / The grind / the poem factory / The Year of Projects / What Emma is up to / writing and not writing / writing life / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Eleven

In which Emma makes a pact with Emma to never say she had the busiest week ever again. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / books / childhood ailments and other daily disasters / disappearances / edumacation / 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 / flickr / Found art / Georgia / hopes and dreams / inspiration / instagram / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / Lana Del Ray / Language systems / learning / lolcats / memes / multi-tasking / My meowing roommates / Pepsi-Cola / Photo for the day / Photography / poems / poetry / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / Squee! / stalled / Stick figures ARE art / That Was The Week That Was / The grind / the poem factory / training / What Emma is up to / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing / Writing Anew / writing life / writing room / writing space / You gotta have friends

That Was The Week That Was: Week Nine

In which Emma reviews the start of her wild and crazy spring break. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / classroom / creative writing pedagogy / education / edumacation / flickr / Found art / Free to Be You and Me / Georgia / Georgia Southern / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Inquiries into academics / instagram / It is ON 2012 / learning / multi-tasking / pedagogy / Photo for the day / Photography / Play-Doh / poetry / Pre-semester prep / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / What Emma is up to / writing life / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Three

In which Emma takes a look at the third week of her 2012. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / Cats in Bags / Ear Worms / Emma is very lucky / Emma's Awkward Adolescence / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Epic Cat Battles / family / Film / flickr / Found art / Free to Be You and Me / Friendship Is Magic / Georgia / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Happy accidents / How the iPhone changed my life / instagram / It is ON 2012 / MLP / My Little Pony / My meowing roommates / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / Photo for the day / Photography / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / Scenes from my childhood / shameless cat photos / Squee! / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / This entry brought to you by Tender Buttons / toys / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / writing life / You gotta have friends

That Was The Week That Was: Week One

In which Emma starts a new blog series about her 365 Project, and also provides a link to a song which will be stuck in your head like FOREVER now. Continue reading »

2011 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / aesthetic theory / All-around amazing people / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / cartoons / cat macros / Chantel Acevedo / Dad / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / EPIC WIN / flickr / Found art / Georgia / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Home / instagram / It is ON 2011 / it is ON. / Kentucky is the tundra / learning / literary practical jokes / lolcats / LOLPoets / memes / My meowing roommates / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / poetry / poets / rejection slippage / Scenes from my childhood / SCHMOE! / Stick figures ARE art / Tangents that should be entires on their own / The big move / The Drama Llama / The evolution of Emma / The Secret Life of Objects / The siege in the room / toys / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / writing life / writing room / writing space / writing teachers / You gotta have friends

The Eighth Day of Christmas: August

In which Emma discusses the merits of placing French fries in your nostrils. Continue reading »