In October, a friend and I booked an AirBnB experience called "Hiking with Goats" in Grey, Maine. We had booked an AirBnB in Freeport and planned to spend most of the weekend in Portland, but we were so intrigued by reading the words "hike" and "goat" in the same sentence. The experience came highly rated… Continue reading Hiking with Goats in Gray, Maine
Category: New England
A Snapshot of My Life as an ESOL Teacher in Boston
I played my own version of Concentrate with an intermediate ESOL class I was subbing Monday night-- 16 words somewhat related to the incoming blizzard. Afterwards, I asked the students to write a story in the past tense with the verbs and nouns on the board. I didn't have the chance to assess their writing… Continue reading A Snapshot of My Life as an ESOL Teacher in Boston
A Message to Japan Becca
Hello from the other side of the world. How have you been? ひさしぶり! I took for granted how good I had it during "Office Days" when I was on JET. All the teachers were off administering tests to the students on giant pieces of paper, and my only role for the week was to mark a few… Continue reading A Message to Japan Becca
“It’s always two am that I feel alive again” –John Nolan
What time of day do you feel the most creative? I was that crazy, late night writer in college. I would stay up until 2 or 3 am writing horror stories for my fiction workshops each week. My junior year of college I actually scared myself into arachnophobia. I finished my short story "Eight" about… Continue reading “It’s always two am that I feel alive again” –John Nolan
The Becca Jar 