http://darkstar11.edublogs.org "Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw at it still. " ~Henry David Thoreau Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:56:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en         There's no way I can Nano Nano tonight. Leaving school for three days to go be in a family wedding in California. No use trying to force it -- I'll just write double the amount when I'm on the plane. I love what this challenge is doing to my life, ... http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/11/03/catch-up-later/         I started to think I would bomb out on the NaNoWRiMo word count after one day, but I ended up going to one of my favorite little places after school for a mini writing marathon with myself. I started writing a fictional account of what I thought my father was ... http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/11/02/whew-i-did-it/         So.... I've decided to participate in a writing challenge for the month of November. Hey, it's only 50,000 words -- a piece o' cake, right? My goal is actually 30,000 -- or about 1000 words per day. That's what several of my students are shooting for as well. Some of my ... http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/11/01/am-i-crazy/    When I lived year-round on the Cape, August was the most awful month of the year. All of us who worked the season had a condition we called August-itis which meant we were tired, cranky, fed up with the crowds, and ready for the end of Labor Day Weekend. ... http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/08/10/august-itis/ Admittedly, I am playing with some new Edublogs image improvements -- and trying to do them with my Mac. These are rock sculptures that tourists come along and add to. It's all visible from the "Marginal Way" path leading to Perkins Cove.  http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/08/10/maine-take-2/ Wow, I have really been a blog-slacker. There's a movement called "Slow-blogging" -- but I have now put a face on "Slack-blogging!" Guess that's what happens to a teacher having too much fun in the summer... Anyway, here's one  of the places I've found quite relaxing: Ogunquit, Maine. Great waves, ... http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/08/10/a-vacation-from-a-vacation/ This week our "Day in a Sentence" friends were asked to boil down their week into one "NIGHT" in a sentence. Here's a sample of what we do when work ends and the night begins...   Ken saw the light... Lost in a sea of darkness life stood still, as still as all the stars ... http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/04/12/workin-on-the-night-moves/ Welcome to the weekly "Day in a Sentence" activity that Kevin usually hosts on his blog Kevin's Meandering Mind     Hi! This week, while filling in for Kevin, I'm going to mix it up a little and ask you to boil down your week to one "Night in a Sentence." Many of ... http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/04/08/night-in-a-sentence/ Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day #31   I've always wanted to be a writer. At "Career Day" in 3rd grade, my best friend, Ginger, and I stood up and declared that I would write the books and she would illustrate them. We were convinced that our future was in the bag. I didn't waver ... http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/03/31/slice-o-life-writing/   Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day #30            I can't really "slice" about what's on my mind right now. Even though it has all those juicy elements -- poignancy, melancholy, bittersweetness, and hope -- it's just too private to go into in this way. So, I'll just say that on the drive ... http://darkstar11.edublogs.org/2009/03/30/slice-o-my-quiet/