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I had started to worry a little about myself and my love for teaching at the beginning of the semester, because I began to notice how annoyed I was becoming with my job at the Writing Center. Perhaps it was the fact that our center kept getting handed off to new directors and nobody wanted to take charge. Perhaps it was the fact that a woman who was not in charge of our center kept trying to tell us what to do, not knowing that some of the things she was demanding were obvious wastes of energy to ...

Today I went to visit what the Irish deem our answer to the Valley of the Kings, Bru Na Boinne.
Knowth

There are three major tombs found in Bru Na Boinne, Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth. Unfortunately you cant visit Dowth due to the fact that it is unstable. This instability was caused by the British Israelites, a group of 19th Century Antiquarians, decided to blow a ...

My Dad had a vacation all this week, so yesterday my Dad, Mom, sister and I drove to Berkely, California. We went to a museum first and saw a bundle of art. They had some special Asian art exhibits from Tibet, but the majority of art was by local artists. They had a Pollock, a Cezanne, a Gauguin, and I was elated to recognize a Calder mobile.

My Mom and I love museums, but my Dad and sister get bored pretty quickly.

After the museum, we walked around town for a while. ...

...how do you show,
your heart to others:
when no one seems to care?...

...how do you show,
a friend that you want to be more:
and you care, even if you cant be there?...

...how do you show,
someone that you've never met:
that your not there, but wish you where?...

...how do you show,
someone there your everything:
when they dont want to be your anything...

...how do you show,

...

Poetic Origami

Just one rule that cannot be broken:
Always fold; you never cut.
From the single square of paper
Life forms emerge under skillful fingers.
Learn the forms to form the basics,
Bird base, water-bomb, napkin, multiform—
Everything has a beginning,
But focus on what the end will bring forth.
Here is a frog to hop across the table,
Here a crane to soar the skies—
With the multiform I can tell a story, ...