2012 / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / accidental confessions / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / appearances / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / COLLECT! / Corrections / creative nonfiction / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / DUENDE / Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate / 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 Cat Battles / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / Errata / evaluations / extended metaphors / Facebook / Facebook memes / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / gratitude / grief / hopes and dreams / How Emily Dickinson changed (saved?) my life / Internet culture / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / Jellyfish / kitteh / learning / learning patience slowly / love / love poems / memes / Milestones and suchness / MLP / Movin' on / mullings and ramblings / My Little Pony / My meowing roommates / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / nonappearances / nonfiction / Notebooks / Online culture / overthinking / perfection is boring. period. / poetry / random musings / ranting and raving / relationships / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Shifting metaphors / sins of commission and omission / summations / The evolution of Emma / The Great Kidney Stone Battle Royale of 2012 / the heft of cathedral tunes / The Year of Projects / thought for the day / Transparency / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions

2012: The Year of Living Transparently (Part Two)

In which Emma wraps up her two-part year-in-review post and puts 2012, finally, to bed. Also there’s some important information about cats and hair accessories here. 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

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

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

2012 / 365 / A festival of linkage / A festival of photos / 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 / awesome / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / bad behavior in public places / classroom / creative writing pedagogy / disagreeable/agreeable / Double Rainbow / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Epic Cat Battles / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / family / Family Traditions / flickr / Georgia / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Happy accidents / hopes and dreams / housekeeping / inspiration / instagram / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / learning / learning patience slowly / lolcats / Milestones and suchness / multi-tasking / music / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / my students / Notebooks / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / random musings / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / shameless cat photos / Squee! / summations / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The Drama Llama / The evolution of Emma / The latest medical anomaly / The Summer of Lorrie Moore / toys / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing community / writing life / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Two

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

2012 / A manifesto of sorts / accidental confessions / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / All-around amazing people / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome / bad behavior in public places / Bad girls and good girls gone bad / beer goggles / Bizarre associations and other odd tendencies / chapbooks / Chchchchanges / COLLECT! / cool/not cool / creative nonfiction / Cue the Golden Girls theme song / Department of Writing and Linguistics / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / drafts / Emma is very lucky / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / EPIC WIN / family / Fear and how to face it / flickr / Free to Be You and Me / Future husbands / gardening / Georgia / Georgia Southern / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Gertrude Stein (human version) / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Happy accidents / hopes and dreams / inspiration / instagram / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / it is ON. / It's the end of the world as we know it / Jellyfish / Lana Del Ray / learning / learning patience slowly / living without linebreaks / Losing courage and other freakouts / mariners and the seas etc. / Movin' on / mullings and ramblings / multi-tasking / music / Mustachio'd Kitties / My addiction to terrible television / My Future Husband Josh Groban / My meowing roommates / My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad. / my students / NaPoMo / NaPoWriMo / nonfiction / Notebooks / odd comparisons and awkward metaphors / On the book and putting it together / Other Poets / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / poem challenge / poems / poetry / Poetry as therapy / Poetry Exercises / Probably quite a bit TMI / ranting and raving / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / shameless cat photos / Shifting metaphors / Simon and Garfunkel / Squee! / summations / Thanks and thanks again / The evolution of Emma / the genre line (and stepping over it) / The Hunger Games / the lyric essay / The only living boy in New York / the poem factory / The siege in the room / The Year of Projects / This entry brought to you by Tender Buttons / this is the end beautiful friend / Those Who Walk The Same Line / thought for the day / training / Uncategorized / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / Who The Eff Cares? / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing / writing community / writing life / writing room / writing space / writing teachers / You gotta have friends / [expletive deleted]

The Four-Month Grind: Stats and Averages

Player Stats and Data for Emma Bolden’s Four-Month-Long Writing Something A Day Project Continue reading »

disappearances / hopes and dreams / summations / submissions / poem challenge / the poem factory / teaching / revision / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / inspiration / Perspiration? Inspiration? / shameless cat photos / The siege in the room / publishing (or not publishing / Notebooks / A festival of photos / disagreeable/agreeable / edumacation / odd comparisons and awkward metaphors / My addiction to terrible television / A teacher's education / Inquiries into academics / Pepsi-Cola / accidental confessions / Epic Cat Battles / Mustachio'd Kitties / Stick Figure Pedagogy / Stick figures ARE art / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Alabama School of Fine Arts / Emma's theories on what makes for A Very Good Poetry Submission / 365 / Shifting metaphors / writing and not writing / My meowing roommates / Photo for the day / The grind / Academia / learning / classroom / teaching writing / writing teachers / education / flickr / housekeeping / music / poetry / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / What Emma is up to / publishing / Retrospective / Retrospectitating / instagram / Artist's Renditions / writing room / writing space / 2012 / It is ON 2012 / Lana Del Ray / That Was The Week That Was / Ear Worms / poems / my students / gardening / the container garden and you

That Was The Week That Was: Week Ten

In which Emma retrospectitates over the last of spring break and starting the last part of the spring semester. Continue reading »

Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / bad behavior in public places / balance / creative nonfiction / creepers / criticism / disagreeable/agreeable / drafts / DUENDE / Emma is very lucky / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / Fear and how to face it / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / hopes and dreams / ill omens / inspiration / instagram / learning / learning patience slowly / Macbeth doth murder sleep / Movin' on / My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad. / Nirvana / nonfiction / Notebooks / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photography / poems / poetry / publishing / publishing (or not publishing / Recharging the mental batteries / rejection slippage / Resolutions / stalled / The evolution of Emma / the poem factory / the three jobs / thought for the day / training / where are you going where have you been / writing life / writing space

Here Comes the Fear Again, Oh-Oh-Woah

In which Emma discusses The Fear and how to face it. Also, how awesome Jarvis Cocker is, was, and ever will be. Continue reading »

readings / books / Some Groups Who Do Good Work / the poem factory / teaching / fiction smiction / cool/not cool / bad behavior in public places / ill omens / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / This entry brought to you by Tender Buttons / Failure Schmailure / Comp prompts / shameless cat photos / Stationary Objects and Collisions Therewith / Notebooks / A festival of photos / pedagogy / creative nonfiction / disagreeable/agreeable / edumacation / Academic inquiries / Losing courage and other freakouts / A teacher's education / Inquiries into academics / Emma is very lucky / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / 365 / My meowing roommates / Photo for the day / Composition / The grind / Academia / learning / teaching writing / writing teachers / education / Fear and how to face it / flickr / The evolution of Emma / Department of Writing and Linguistics / plot / poetry / failed or otherwise / nonfiction / What Emma is up to / Fiction / multi-tasking / Photography / Georgia Southern / Retrospective / Retrospectitating / definitions / drafts / reading / The Year of Projects / 2012 / Resolutions / Free to Be You and Me / It is ON 2012 / Lana Del Ray / That Was The Week That Was / poems

That Was The Week That Was: Week Five

Emma goes over the week that was, plus a day, since it was, well, a WEEK. Continue reading »

hopes and dreams / books / poem challenge / the poem factory / writing life / thought for the day / wonders and apparitions / random musings / teaching / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / shameless cat photos / Recharging the mental batteries / Notebooks / A festival of photos / pedagogy / edumacation / Academic inquiries / A teacher's education / Bizarre associations and other odd tendencies / Inquiries into academics / Writing Anew / learning patience slowly / Emma is very lucky / Emma's theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Poetry Exercises / EPIC WIN / A manifesto of sorts / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / Poetry as therapy / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Prosody / Shifting metaphors / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / Photo for the day / Composition / creative writing pedagogy / Academia / learning / classroom / teaching writing / writing teachers / toys / education / 2011 / it is ON. / It is ON 2011 / Play-Doh / extended metaphors

On the Pedagogical Applications of Play-Doh in the Post-Secondary Classroom (Stay with Me Here …)

An extended metaphor with Play-Doh Awesomeness. Continue reading »

A manifesto of sorts / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Another winter in a summer town / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / cool/not cool / creative nonfiction / disappearances / education / edumacation / Emma marvels at the wonder that is winter / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / evaluations / Failure Schmailure / False Dichotomies / Going to eleven / hopes and dreams / inspiration / Kentucky is the tundra / learning / learning patience slowly / Losing courage and other freakouts / mullings and ramblings / NaNoWriMo / nonappearances / Notebooks / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / plans / re-purposing / Recharging the mental batteries / Snow days / the lyric essay / thought for the day / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing / Writing Anew / writing life

“She knows there’s no success like failure …”

In which Emma explains why she has not been blogging, though she does not apologize (and explains why not). Continue reading »