365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / accidental confessions / aesthetic theory / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / Artist's Renditions / bongos / bright shining spots in the very much dark / Corrections / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / DUENDE / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / evaluations / Fear and how to face it / Film / flickr / gratitude / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Happy accidents / instagram / IRL Drama Llama / learning / learning patience slowly / Losing courage and other freakouts / Milestones and suchness / mullings and ramblings / My meowing roommates / nonappearances / On being a poet / Photo for the day / Photography / pictorial representations / poets / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / Sarah Lawrence College / shameless cat photos / The evolution of Emma / The latest medical anomaly / what I don't write about / wonders and apparitions

Dr. Strangedrugs, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying Because I Forgot About What I Was Worrying About (Part Three)

In which I finally kind of finish up the whole Neurontin story. Kind of. Also I make two very important clarifications, one of which is about bongos. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / bad behavior in public places / Barbecue / Creative Writing and the Web / Emma is very lucky / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / Emma's Adventures in Over-Analyzing / Facebook memes / failed or otherwise / Family Traditions / fashion / festivity / Film / flickr / Free to Be You and Me / Friendship Is Magic / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Home / hopes and dreams / instagram / Internet culture / internet fads / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / memes / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / New Years / Photo for the day / Photography / Pretty glimpses / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / Scenes from my childhood / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / The Year of Projects / What Emma is up to / Where I Often Travel / Who The Eff Cares? / wonders and apparitions

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Eight

In which Emma somehow manages to provide spoilers for her own damn blog. Continue reading »

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 »

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)

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 / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / flickr / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / instagram / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / kitteh / My meowing roommates / Photo for the day / Photography / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Seven

In which Emma posts a lot of cat photos, even for Emma. 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

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

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome / color-coding / disappearances / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / flickr / gratitude / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Hipstamatic / Home / How the iPhone changed my life / Inquiries into academics / inspiration / instagram / Internet culture / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / Mr. Turkey / Photo for the day / Photography / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / Squee! / teaching / teaching writing / Thanks and thanks again / That Was The Week That Was / The Journal of Seven Year Old Emily Bolden / The Year of Projects / Turkeys are squooshy?! / What Emma is up to / Where I Often Travel / wonders and apparitions / writing room / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Three

A belated but grateful photo recap. Continue reading »

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 / 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

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 »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / accidental confessions / aesthetic theory / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / awesome / balance / cool/not cool / crafting / crafts / Dear Johns from the Po Biz / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / drafts / Emma hits a wall / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / failed or otherwise / fashion / Film / flickr / Glitter (pretty version) / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Happy accidents / hopes and dreams / instagram / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / it is ON. / kidney stones / learning patience slowly / lists / Losing courage and other freakouts / multi-tasking / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / poems / poetry / Pretty glimpses / Probably quite a bit TMI / publishing / publishing (or not publishing / rejection slippage / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Sew what / shameless self-promotion / Squee! / stalled / Stationary Objects and Collisions Therewith / submissions / summations / That Was The Week That Was / The Drama Llama / The Great Kidney Stone Battle Royale of 2012 / The grind / The latest medical anomaly / the poem factory / The Secret Life of Objects / The Year of Projects / What Emma is up to / wonders and apparitions / Words of Wisdom / writing and not writing / writing life

That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-Six

In which Emma shares some hard-learned lessons and also some pictures of stuff. Continue reading »