Working and playing...
As I switch gears from summer to fall, I feel like this:
I do love summer. This has been a summer of beautiful swims, lovely food, reconnecting with old friends, cultivating new friendships, writing, reading and relaxing. Although there was lots of down time, I kept busy, too...
--Attending my first Alumni Mini-Residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts was inspiring and invigorating.
--Teaching creative writing to an enthusiastic group of middle-schoolers at Harwich Junior Theatre here on Cape Cod was a wonderful experience for me.
--Teaching a weekly poetry class to younger children (ages 7 to 9) at a summer camp was fanciful and fun.
--I had a few writing dates with a young friend (age 9) who loves writing. We'd take walks, spread our blanket by a sparkling waterway, and write poems. We played with words as our friendship blossomed.
Some other highlights were reading the wonderful book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and having the honor of a local journalist writing a profile of me in the Cape Cod Chronicle.
Now, it's on to fall, which includes...
--Teaching "Health, Safety and Nutrition for Young Children" at Fisher College.
--Teaching "Classroom Management: Skills and Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers" at Cape Cod Community College.
--Teaching a weekly creative writing class to a group of women inmates at Barnstable County House of Corrections.
--and possible gigs teaching writing at Harwich Junior Theatre and Sandwich Community Schools!
For today, I've made the sure the syllabus and outline is ready for each class, the laundry is done, the chickens are happy, and I squeezed in one more swim.
Time to leap into fall.
I do love summer. This has been a summer of beautiful swims, lovely food, reconnecting with old friends, cultivating new friendships, writing, reading and relaxing. Although there was lots of down time, I kept busy, too...
--Attending my first Alumni Mini-Residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts was inspiring and invigorating.
--Teaching creative writing to an enthusiastic group of middle-schoolers at Harwich Junior Theatre here on Cape Cod was a wonderful experience for me.
--Teaching a weekly poetry class to younger children (ages 7 to 9) at a summer camp was fanciful and fun.
--I had a few writing dates with a young friend (age 9) who loves writing. We'd take walks, spread our blanket by a sparkling waterway, and write poems. We played with words as our friendship blossomed.
Some other highlights were reading the wonderful book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and having the honor of a local journalist writing a profile of me in the Cape Cod Chronicle.
Now, it's on to fall, which includes...
--Teaching "Health, Safety and Nutrition for Young Children" at Fisher College.
--Teaching "Classroom Management: Skills and Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers" at Cape Cod Community College.
--Teaching a weekly creative writing class to a group of women inmates at Barnstable County House of Corrections.
--and possible gigs teaching writing at Harwich Junior Theatre and Sandwich Community Schools!
For today, I've made the sure the syllabus and outline is ready for each class, the laundry is done, the chickens are happy, and I squeezed in one more swim.
Time to leap into fall.