I am lucky enough to have several friends who are accomplished writers. Over the Thanksgiving break, I’m going to be taking a look at some of their works on this blog. But before I start looking… more →
Hill Trashsarahemc2 wrote 5 days ago: I am lucky enough to have several friends who are accomplished writers. Over the Thanksgiving break, … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 11 months ago: Stadium Spirits, Huntington WV I am spending most of my semester break … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 11 months ago: The outlet mall at Flatwoods, WV isn’t very exciting. The stores aren’t great—Tommy Hilfiger, whose … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: I am a complete fool for culinary curiosities. The are three jars of candied olives, a bottle of … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: I feel like I’ve died and gone to America. –composer Barry Franklin I can’t stop c … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: Hope comes knocking and asking for candy... Last night, we had three Barack Obamas at our house. … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: The homeless guy in our basement is gone. He made a brief trip to the regional jail for an old, stup … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: I’m addicted to Wordle. I think every writer should play with it now and again… it is a … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: The man behind us has a small grove of pawpaw trees, and has given me permission to pick a few off t … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: I saw it, dying, for the first time a month ago. It had curled itself into a ball against a neighbo … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: And, because Dzanc is indeed worth celebrating–not just, but for me perhaps particularly, when … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: One of my classrooms is no longer a classroom, but a locked storage closet for textbooks. These mus … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: Dinty Moore, nonfictionist, blogged about Blake Butler, fictionist, havng blogged ”in a most e … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: I’m halfway through the two-week seminar that is supposed to make me ready to teach English 10 … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: We were playing Hide and Seek and I was under the porch. No one ever hid under the porch because … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: The homeless man in our basement sneaks upstairs once he’s sure we’ve gone to bed and mi … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: A look into my backyard shows a deceptively verdant garden. The apple trees are covered with fruit, … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: I am still thinking about the WVWW, and about the woman whose essay caught us all so off guard with … more →
sarahemc2 wrote 1 year ago: I’ve long held that those who were shocked to discover James Frey had embellished a good deal … more →