Procrastadabbler

I came away from AERA with so many ideas. I had a great extended conversation with one of the smartest people I know, and she really pushed me to think about some important issues. As such, I now am thinking about writing a literature review that addresses at least some of her concerns. And there’s [...]

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My cat on my lap is calming. She’s a skittery soul, so when she’s at peace, I don’t want to disturb her. Here she is on my lap (technically my outstretched legs), so I am forced to sit, quietly, enforced meditation. She doesn’t mine the clack of keys on the laptop (which is indeed on [...]

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I just submitted an article, and now am thinking about the next one to write. I have one that was rejected that needs revision, but I’m holding onto until summer. I need to spend some quality time with the data again. And I have some texts I need to engage with that will help me [...]

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The other day, my daughter and I were playing a game with word tiles that we called “Bad Emo Poetry.” It consisted of  randomly selecting words, randomly mixing them and reading them with expression. Priceless.
It got me thinking about twitter poetry. So I’m playing a game with myself now.
The Rules: Randomly select a handful of [...]

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I started this blog as a lark. I just wanted to experiment with what for me was a new writing form. It became very important to me as a place to thing through ideas. Then Facebook and Twitter and reading other people’s blogs, tweets, and other sundry texts came along and my attention was pulled [...]

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