Some days you eat the bear. Some days, the bear eats you. I'd love to know the originator of that one, wouldn't you? I'm hoping there's some great story at the root of it. Like back in some cave, Og is squatting around a fire and his buddy Oog comes shuffling back through the … Continue reading Building Devil’s Tower
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Driving East
I’ve been fortunate the past ten years or so since I started teaching in Bloomfield, New York, my morning commute takes me essentially due east. So, for the first few months of the year and the last few months – those which bookend all those jet-black, western New York mornings after daylight savings time – I’m … Continue reading Driving East
Stories that Go Bump in the Night (Sam Gamgee Was Right)
Bump. Thump. Rattle. A haunting. More psychological than physical. That's the one that bruises. Why do some stories stick with us? What is it about a particular book or movie that haunts us, that when we wake up the morning after, we see the world differently? I use the word "haunt" deliberately, because I've just … Continue reading Stories that Go Bump in the Night (Sam Gamgee Was Right)