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Last week for the essay… The classroom activity was extremely helpful. I had never used post-it notes in such a way and it was very useful. To look at the paper as a series of stories instead of as one… Continue Reading →
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Plato I love that this week I was told the best I can do to help certain islands and cultures is to reduce my impact on global warming. It fits… Continue Reading →
I don’t eat much ice cream, but I do read a lot. And I sure have been enjoying the books I am reading for my paper. This week’s peer review was very helpful. Despite Kris’s voice being gone the three… Continue Reading →
It was a productive week on my paper. I read two books that I will use and loved them for their simplicity and objectiveness. It was a great juxtaposition of nature haibuns (haiku and prose) to go along with heavy… Continue Reading →
The peer review extinguished every droplet of fear I had about sharing my work. My partners gave solid advice paralleled with ample compliments to counterbalance. Their papers were rich and showed great examples of techniques to use on my own…. Continue Reading →
The annotated bibliography guided me into greater depth in the direction of my paper. I hustled to the library to check out a dozen books on Japanese travel writings from 980 AD to today. I have been skimming them for… Continue Reading →
I’ve been able to find some epic Japanese travel poems and stories both in and out of the library at Evergreen. It’s an unusual way for me to write… to first do a bunch of research and then write. I… Continue Reading →
Many people leave Alaska during winter to faraway lands with thousands saved from summer work to stay in a spoiled state of fat bellied drunkenness. They often use credit cards to buy tickets home because they are flat broke. They… Continue Reading →
A list of words I wrote in class to describe my feeling of home. Silence, Top Ramen, kimchi, Spam, full belly, rice, salmon, nature, laughter, animals, skateboarding, snow, storms, native Alaskans, incense, sage, candles, love, listening, focus, expression, friends, music,… Continue Reading →