Category Archives: The Future

YOU.DON’T.OWN.ME.

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

No explanation required. Dedicated to my mom, my grandmas, my aunties, mis primas, my students.

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From November 4, 2008 to November 6, 2012….

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

River going to take me, sing sweet and sleepy, Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home. It’s a far gone lullaby, sung many years ago. Mama, mama many worlds I’ve come since I first left home. Goin’ … Continue reading →

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In search of the beginning…

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

You wake up (this has happened more often than not) and look urgently for the familiar. That strange segue from sleep consciousness to whatever we are now calling the waking hours is murky. Viscous, one might say if they were … Continue reading →

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Summer.

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

It is cool and grey outside this morning. It is Monday. School started in San Francisco today. I will be back at work next Monday. So, this is the last Monday that I can basically do whatever it is I … Continue reading →

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Gung Hei Fat Choi from this Metal Dog to all of you!

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

I had no idea how much I would be influenced by Chinese traditions when I first arrived in Asia. But now, eighteen months into my repatriation, I have to say, I’ve not left it all behind. In fact, I have … Continue reading →

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We interrupt this blog to remind you….

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

…that the private corporate interests that are the puppet masters of our government would love to interrupt this blog. Whenever they feel like it. See you after the black out….. I hope.  

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How’s your year so far?

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

I give my students narrative assessments every three weeks or so recapping what we have accomplished (or what I wanted to accomplish anyhow), work that should have been submitted, highs and lows, general accolades and concerns, and a preview of … Continue reading →

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A Day of Action…

Posted on November 2, 2011 by
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Occupied.

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

Up from the basement to my best friend’s farm Where we’ll work so hard, we can do no harm We’ll till the land and duck our debts Underneath soft sun, chewing Nicorette This will be a better year This will … Continue reading →

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With honor, gratitude and hope: 9/11 ten years on.

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

Are we gonna learn about 9/11? Yeah, we gon’ talk about that like everybody is right now? In the first week of school my students were answering the question I had put forth to them: What do you need to … Continue reading →

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