The backstory Ever a procrastinator, about this time last year I decided I had waited long enough to start on my application to teach English in Germany that was due in two months–plenttttttty of time. The application was not due in two months; it was due in two weeks (a surprise university imposed deadline). Working on applications at […]
My grandfather remembers the last green tree. He was seven when newscasters broadcast how brown the leaves were becoming, despite careful attention from every top botanist in the world, and nine when news came that it had fallen, so brittle, dry, and old, in one of the great storms. It was always my favorite story […]
so american, cold coffee, ice and cream every summer day
Going into that imaginative space.
This semester I did an art project for a show some friends of mine organized. Its theme was “Letters & Numbers.” My piece, the “The Secret Cries of Colors,” is about the letter/number combinations that determine colors on computers. We often talk about “warm” and “cool” colors and what they communicate, so I thought it would be […]
Sarah the Adventurer 