It’s been ages, I know! One of those dry patches when writing hasn’t done it for me. Excuses, of course, but it’s been a busy time with not much inclination for reflection, the whole reason for blogging. I’ve been inspired to write again by a wonderful 30th reunion last Saturday night and Sunday morning of
Continue reading ...Odd how it is when you get stuck into/obsessed by/even mildly interested in something, that you begin to see it everywhere. No, not coincidence at all, but a spreading of the trawling net a little wider and a sharpening of the eye as the catch is reeled in. No? Well, metaphors work for me. Since
Continue reading ...Finally got going this afternoon on prepping a couple of conference papers on my experiments in “podagogy” and digital doodling. It was all very exciting finding that I actually had written so much in my blog over the last nearly 6 months, that it was a simple matter to do a cut and paste job
Continue reading ...Went early to bed with a head full of stuff and woke twice through the night processing, processing! Result was to get up early and get some of it (conference paper beta) down in a coherent fashion. No Sudoku this morning, but a productive couple of hours in the cool, pre-dawn air with good
Continue reading ...Every time it happens I’m reminded of that first axiom of good teaching: take nothing for granted. Again today, a couple of bright students indicated how nervous they were about tackling the whole online thing. I suggested using either Google Docs and Spreadsheets or the excellent Celtx open-source software so that they could publish their
Continue reading ...Cover of Mad Forest: A Play from Romania There have been very few posts to this blog for a couple of weeks, and for good reason. They have all been made to another (private group) blog of mine, which is currently charting the progress of work on a production with a group of acting majors
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