Brandon and I traveled to Florida last week for his grandfather’s funeral, so here’s a post from the stash I keep handy for when I don’t feel up to writing. Today, we’re going back in time, to the 1996-1997 academic year, and an experience I had in fifth grade. Overall, I remember fifth grade as… Continue reading A Story About Pedagogy
Category: Misc.
We Bought a House, Part II
Last week I talked about the process of buying our first house. Today, I’ll share how we’ve started making this place our own. As I had mentioned in that previous post, the house itself was structurally sound, and Brandon and I liked the overall layout. Although it’s about the same square footage as our old… Continue reading We Bought a House, Part II
We Bought a House, Part I
In my final post from 2021, I mentioned that Brandon and I bought a house. Let’s talk about that. Contrary to my rather abrupt announcement, this wasn’t a spontaneous decision. It’s been on our long-term list of goals for a few years now. Initially we imagined we’d buy a house after I finished my PhD,… Continue reading We Bought a House, Part I
Writing about Dragons, ca. 1999-2003
I’ve been thinking recently about writing. As readers we tend to categorize it as good or bad, and as writers we tend to be self-deprecating, but I’ve been thinking about how classifying writing as one or the other, as good or bad, can sometimes overlook its intended purpose. Different kinds of writing do different kinds… Continue reading Writing about Dragons, ca. 1999-2003
Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful
Usually when I post an art update, I talk about my own work. I’m in the midst of a project that I can’t share right now though because its intended recipients might accidentally see it, so today we’re going to focus on another facet of my creative practice: visiting art exhibitions. As I learned in… Continue reading Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful
Website Redesign
Frequent visitors to my website may have noticed that it looks different nowadays. That’s because I decided to redesign it a few months ago, and have finally finished working through the updates. Today then, I’ll take you through the redesigned website and its new features. Unless you’re the 1996 Space Jam website, it’s generally recommended… Continue reading Website Redesign
Deck the Halls, Home Edition
As with the rest of this year, the holiday season has been different from what Brandon and I anticipated. Since we went to Florida last year to be with his family, we had planned on going to Maine this December so that Brandon could experience a New England Christmas with my relatives. The pandemic changed… Continue reading Deck the Halls, Home Edition
Black Lives Matter: Some Learning Resources
I was originally going to start discussing my history reading list today, but in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the ongoing protests calling out systemic racism, I wanted to use this blog as a space for sharing resources about race and antiracism. Learning about systemic racism, and dismantling it, is critical work that… Continue reading Black Lives Matter: Some Learning Resources
Bake Break: Chocolate Raspberry Cake
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking about archival theory and the various questions it raises in terms of how archives affirm or undermine authority, whose voices tend to get preserved or not, and the allure of the archives as a tactile connection to the past, among other issues. Before we move on… Continue reading Bake Break: Chocolate Raspberry Cake
B Movie Reflections: Women and Spiders
A guilty pleasure that Brandon and I both share is watching bad movies, courtesy of MST3K and Rifftrax. I’m talking movies like Manos: The Hands of Fate, or Birdemic. One of the more recent offerings we watched was Kiss of the Tarantula, a 1976 movie about a young woman and her special arachnid friends. This… Continue reading B Movie Reflections: Women and Spiders