It’s that time again, folks.

Posted on May 5, 2013 by emmabolden • Leave a comment

In which Emma offers a visual representation of the end of the semester as an explanation as to why she hasn’t been blogging lately. WARNING: TERRIFYING MIMES. Continue reading »

2013 is the year of Awesome / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / announcements / appearances / awesome / bad behavior in public places / books / classroom / creative writing / creative writing pedagogy / disagreeable/agreeable / education / edumacation / Embarrassing stories / Emma is very lucky / Epic / EPIC WIN / eyebrows / GenPop Books / Georgia / Georgia Southern / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / instagram / Interviews / kidney stones / learning / Live-Tweeting / Malificae / medical curiosities / META / multi-tasking / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / NaPoMo / NaPoWriMo / Online culture / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / poem challenge / poem for the day / poems / poetry / Poetry Exercises / poets / Probably quite a bit TMI / relationships / shameless cat photos / shameless self-promotion / Squee! / teaching / teaching writing / The grind / The latest medical anomaly / the poem factory / The Witch Trials / Twitter / What Emma is up to / wonders and apparitions / writing community / writing life / writing teachers

“And on the radio you hear ‘November Rain;’ that solo’s awful long, but it’s got a good refrain.”*

Posted on April 5, 2013 by emmabolden • 4 Comments

In which I announce the fact that I’m going to be on the radio tomorrow and talk about how awful the weather is today, which may or may not also happen tomorrow on the radio. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / accidental confessions / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / appearances / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / Artist's Renditions / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / Chchchchanges / COLLECT! / cool/not cool / Corrections / creative nonfiction / De-Facebooking / definitions / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / DUENDE / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / Emma's Adventures in Over-Analyzing / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / Errata / evaluations / extended metaphors / Facebook / Facebook memes / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / False Dichotomies / How the iPhone changed my life / instagram / Internet culture / internet fads / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / Live-Tweeting / memes / mullings and ramblings / multi-tasking / my students / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / summations / The evolution of Emma / The Year of Projects / Transparency / what I don't write about / where are you going where have you been / Where I Often Travel / Where You Can Find Me (Or At Least My Words) / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing

2012: The Year of Living Transparently (PART ONE)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by emmabolden • 1 Comment

In which Emma offers the first part of her two-part year-end wrap up. Also there’s probably a metaphor in here that goes on for way too long. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / awesome / classroom / crafting / crafts / creative writing pedagogy / DIY / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / eyebrows / flickr / Georgia Southern / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Glitter (pretty version) / gratuitous photos of whatnot / hopes and dreams / housekeeping / inspiration / instagram / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / kitteh / learning / learning patience slowly / multi-tasking / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad. / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / Pinterest / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Squee! / teaching / teaching writing / Thanks and thanks again / That Was The Week That Was / What Emma is up to / wonders and apparitions / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Five

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

In which Emma gets all festive and glittery. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Eight

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

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

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / awesome / Cats in Bags / childhood ailments and other daily disasters / classroom / COLLECT! / color-coding / crafting / crafts / Creative Writing and the Web / creative writing pedagogy / creepers / education / edumacation / Emma's Awkward Adolescence / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / fashion / flickr / Georgia Southern / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Glitter (pretty version) / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / I really did go to a school called Our Lady of Sorrows / inspiration / instagram / Internet culture / internet fads / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / it is ON. / kidney stones / kitteh / learning / Milestones and suchness / multi-tasking / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / Online culture / Online literary magazines / organization / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / plans / poems / poetry / poets / re-purposing / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Righting Wrongs / Scenes from my childhood / schedules / Sew what / shallow thoughts on shoes and the like / shameless cat photos / Squee! / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The Drama Llama / The evolution of Emma / The Great Kidney Stone Battle Royale of 2012 / The grind / The Hunger Games / The latest medical anomaly / the poem factory / the three jobs / The Year of Projects / This entry brought to you by Tender Buttons / where are you going where have you been / writing life / writing teachers / You better work

That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Seven

Posted on October 12, 2012 by emmabolden • 2 Comments

In which Emma announces her intentions to (finally) (maybe) actually get organized and then posts a bunch of pictures of her cats sleeping and looking at things with scorn. Continue reading »