On Saturday, we attended Shaina’s graduation. Shaina earned a B.S. in Accounting from the College of Business Administration of the University of Akron. The ceremony was very nice–marred only by the bald-faced politicization of the event by Ohio Senator Bill Harris. We were very proud to watch Shaina cross the stage and receive her degree. …
Monthly Archives: August 2005
GW:Day 6: How Not to Write a Story
The big news of the day is that Dad completed his first ever watercolor. Here it is. I think it’s grand, and I especially like how the red really sets off the fish. The best sign is that he already has several ideas for his next fish painting. This morning, Erin explained to us how …
GW: Day 4: Free, Free…
It was gruesome, as on Christmas Eve in an old house a strange tale should essentially be. –Henry James Last year during the free day, I retreated into my room and the library, and did little but listen to Over the Rhine’s Ohio. The previous year, I accompanied Cindy and Laura out to Chimayo and …
GW: Day 3: The Wall
It’s probably a good thing that tomorrow is a “free” day. The workshop this morning seemed to have it something of a wall of repetition. If last year’s mantra was “conflict”, this year’s is “single point of view.” I think the work of critiquing 45-60 pages a day is also causing folks–myself included–to get more …
GW: Day 3: Wedgie
Today was the day that the inmates took over the asylum, or at least the chalkboards. I felt the need to share a sentence from Charles Williams in which someone’s nostrils are far off. On a more productive note, Mike B summarized one of Erin’s points with the cartoon pictured over yonder. The one note …
Glen: Day 2: If I had a hammer
I find that I take fewer notes each year that I’m here. The first year, I had notebook out transcribing whole speeches and scribbling remarks from everyone. Last year, I took fewer notes during the sessions but still wrote copiously during the workshop since there was a new instructor. This year, I’m barely writing anything …
Glen Workshop: Day 1
For the first time in three years, I had absolutely no problems getting to the Glen: no cars breaking down, no tow trucks, no airline computer failures, no scrambling to make last shuttles, nada. In fact, my flights were not only on time, but I was able to use some FF miles to upgrade to …
