Not a Thing in the Real World #SOL24

Screenshot As Barbara Mowat, editor of the Folger Shakespeare Library student editions of the Bard’s plays, continued explaining hers and her co-editor’s decision for editing The Tragedy of King Lear as a conflated text, I and my cohort listened intently. We also glanced in the direction of another scholar teaching us during our month at…

What My Friendship with Rosey Taught Me About Men #SOL24

In college all the boys wanted to date Rosey. and why not. She was gorgeous with blonde Farrah Fawcett hair she spent an hour styling every day. Rosey was smart and smart enough to hide her intelligence from guys—except when she and I teamed up to beat them at Password. We plied them with promises…

Souvenirs #SOLSC24 31/31

On this the last day of the 2024 SOLSC I’m thinking about souvenirs. Wearing our Route 66 caps. These were $7.99 a piece in Oatman. On Day 22 Kim Johnson and Denise Krebs commented on my post That’s Not the Right Church after reading about my husband’s reaction to seeing a gift shop. Kim observed…

March Writing Madness SOLSC24 Day 1/31

Today I am ticking off the multiple writing challenges awaiting me in March and tamping down the anxiety about how I’ll honor and conquer all the writing madness this month. 1. Stafford Poetry Challenge: The daily Stafford challenge began January 17, 2024 and will end next January 16, 2025. Today is day 45/366. In addition…

Transitioning Worlds & Words

The Long House at Mesa Verde National Park "I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions." James A. Michner Anthropologists don't know what prompted the pueblo cliff-dwelling peoples who once lived in the stone abodes at Mesa Verde National Park to leave their homes and find…