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https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/10/kindergarten-cleavage.html?showComment=1161750960000 writing as jo(e): Kindergarten Cleavage When I was a kid, I used to love Halloween. The week before the big day, we kids would all start coming up with ideas for costumes. I was ... jo ewritingkindergartencleavage https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2014/03/ writing as jo(e): March 2014 jo ewritingmarch https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2011/02/ writing as jo(e): February 2011 jo ewritingfebruary https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/03/struggle.html?showComment=1175344620000 writing as jo(e): Struggle Sometimes the most difficult boxes to break from are simply lines made of shadow and light. jo ewritingstruggle https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/12/from-both-sides-now.html writing as jo(e): From both sides now The last light of the last day of 2007 disappearing from the sky in front of my home. jo eboth sideswriting https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/04/napping.html?showComment=1146483120000 writing as jo(e): Napping On Sunday afternoons, the teenagers and kids in the house, already tired from playing music into the early hours of the morning, will play a... jo ewritingnapping https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/09/skyline.html?showComment=1158110220000 writing as jo(e): Skyline I remember the silence. It was five years ago, but I can still see their faces. They were all eighteen years old, most living away from ho... jo ewritingskyline https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/08/first-week.html?showComment=1188524580000 writing as jo(e): First week It's always exciting to meet my new first year students. This year, since my writing course is integrated with a botany course and a chemis... jo ewritingfirstweek https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/11/just-below-ceiling.html?showComment=1132599060000 writing as jo(e): Just below the ceiling A mysterious dent appeared one day in the downstairs hallway of my home. At first, I thought the dent was my imagination. I stepped back, ... jo ewritingceiling https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/03/city-morning.html?showComment=1173594300000 writing as jo(e): City morning This morning I woke up early and went out to buy juice and biscuits. I love to walk city streets in the morning, before they are crowded wi... jo ewritingcitymorning https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/02/middle-of-night-february-blogging.html?showComment=1139749620000 writing as jo(e): Middle of the Night February Blogging It was twenty-five years ago. My sister was engaged to be married, the first of my siblings to take that plunge. The wedding was planned f... middle of the nightwritingjofebruaryblogging https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2012/05/filled-to-brim.html?showComment=1337190586339 writing as jo(e): Filled to the brim Squeezing all my kids (plus some extras) into the house for the summer has been like a game of musical chairs. We carry stuff from room to ... jo eto thewritingfilledbrim https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2008/11/airplane-blogging.html?showComment=1227032220000 writing as jo(e): Airplane blogging I've been sitting on an airplane for several hours, and my ears don't hurt. I haven't yet felt that agonizing pressure that makes me feel l... jo ewritingairplaneblogging https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/03/practically-fluent.html?showComment=1173277320000 writing as jo(e): Practically fluent On our date last night, as we were eating minestrone soup and salad, my husband and I discussed the trip we are taking over spring break, an... jo ewritingpracticallyfluent https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2008/06/with-or-without-robes.html?showComment=1214980860000 writing as jo(e): With or without the robes When I'm at the monastery, I take more photos of the barn than the chapel. The chapel is pretty cool, I admit, and I like the simplicity of... jo ewritingwithoutrobes https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2008/05/texture.html writing as jo(e): Texture The City of Canals and Gondolas is perhaps the most consistently beautiful city I've ever seen. Because of the age of the buildings and the... jo ewritingtexture https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2012/03/already.html?showComment=1332611610264 writing as jo(e): Already I came back from my retreat to find the snow melted and the spring peepers singing. This week on campus, students were dressed in shorts ... jo ewritingalready https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2010/05/diploma-and-disc.html?showComment=1274012306225 writing as jo(e): A diploma and a disc It seems just the other day that Boy in Black was giving his high school valedictory speech. But if you remember him giving that speech , th... jo ewritingdiplomadisc https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2008/05/inside-pages.html?showComment=1209941520000 writing as jo(e): Inside the pages I don't like bookmarks. Oh, it's not that I have anything against pretty little pieces of cardboard decorated with kittens or flowers or bi... jo einside thewritingpages https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/12/what-we-learned-this-semester.html?showComment=1134499980000 writing as jo(e): What we learned this semester On the last day of class, I handed out index cards for our last collaborative piece of writing. I told my first year students to write some... what we learnedwritingjosemester https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2014/02/sunshine-boats-and-poetry.html?showComment=1392084467941 writing as jo(e): Sunshine, boats, and poetry Even though I was in Coastal City for less than 48 hours, it was a welcome break from the February weather of Snowstorm Region. The temp... jo ewritingsunshineboatspoetry https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/08/on-way-home.html?showComment=1187380860000 writing as jo(e): On the way home Earlier this summer, at a family meeting during which we were planning our August vacation, a session which was like a cross between comedy ... on the waywritingjo https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/06/middle-of-night.html writing as jo(e): Middle of the Night All last week, when I was on the west coast, my body remained on east coast time. I would wake up at 4 am, ready for the day. I got hungry... jo eof thewritingmiddlenight https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2009/04/shh-its-secret.html?showComment=1240328580000 writing as jo(e): Shh .. it's a secret The younger kids are back in school this week. My husband and daughter are back at work. Boy in Black, FirstExtra, and Blue-eyed Ultimate ... jo es awritingshhsecret https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2013/02/limping-towards-march.html?showComment=1362009388172 writing as jo(e): Limping towards March Usually when I come home from a weekend trip, I'm eager to post photographs and tell stories. But this week has been a bit crazy. I think I... jo ewritinglimpingtowardsmarch https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2013/07/be-not-afraid.html?showComment=1374971571247 writing as jo(e): Be not afraid When my mother-in-law was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia a week ago, we knew it would be her last hospital visit. She broke her hip... jo ewritingafraid https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/05/shadow-women.html?showComment=1115860200000 writing as jo(e): Shadow Women shadows , originally uploaded by jo(e) . I've been wanting to introduce you all to some of my anonymous friends, and I finally fig... jo ewritingshadowwomen https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2011/05/coming-down-from-mountaintop.html writing as jo(e): Coming down from the mountaintop On the last day, we woke up to fog that had settled around the cabin and in the woods, mist so thick that it felt, as we were driving down... jo ecoming downfrom thewritingmountaintop https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2008/03/fall.html?showComment=1205801700000 writing as jo(e): Fall My husband's favorite hikes lead to high points, usually the top of a mountain with a view of a canyon. (For some bizarre reason, he has no... jo ewritingfall https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/11/aloud.html?showComment=1133296320000 writing as jo(e): Aloud I spent two weeks this August rafting down the Colorado River, running more than 200 rapids, hiking side canyons every day, and sleeping on ... jo ewritingaloud https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/01/figures.html writing as jo(e): Figures I enjoy winter sports, I don't mind shoveling snow, and I love the way drifts of white make the world outside my window beautiful. But one ... jo ewritingfigures https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/08/mama-cat.html?showComment=1187809920000 writing as jo(e): Mama Cat On a summer day ten years ago, my daughter and her friend came running excitedly into the house: "We found a mother cat! And her kittens!... jo ewritingmamacat https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/06/hair-in-face.html writing as jo(e): Hair in the Face jo ein thewritinghairface https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/02/through-woods.html writing as jo(e): Through the woods One of the most difficult things about this knee injury has been spending so much time indoors during February. We've gotten all kinds of w... jo ewritingwoods https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2009/03/about-silence.html writing as jo(e): About silence For six of the eight days I spent at Southern Monastery, I observed silence. I did not speak. Those who know me in real life -- I'm a talk... jo ewritingsilence https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/03/faim.html?showComment=1173800640000 writing as jo(e): Faim The last time I was in the City Where the Bridges and Quays Glow with Soft Light in the Evening, I was traveling with my parents and my youn... jo ewritingfaim https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2010/11/gone-monking.html?showComment=1288895119012 writing as jo(e): Gone monking I've got a busy day today, with back-to-back classes and meetings, and no time even to eat lunch. But first thing in the morning, I'm sneaki... jo ewritinggone https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2010/05/diploma-and-disc.html?showComment=1273973790922 writing as jo(e): A diploma and a disc It seems just the other day that Boy in Black was giving his high school valedictory speech. But if you remember him giving that speech , th... jo ewritingdiplomadisc https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2008/11/in-print.html?showComment=1225931820000 writing as jo(e): In print I watched the coverage on the television set last night. I talked with twitter friends and blog friends. My daughter kept reading aloud tex... jo ewritingprint https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/11/just-below-ceiling.html?showComment=1132649640000 writing as jo(e): Just below the ceiling A mysterious dent appeared one day in the downstairs hallway of my home. At first, I thought the dent was my imagination. I stepped back, ... jo ewritingceiling https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/10/safety-pins-and-lingerie.html?showComment=1162743480000 writing as jo(e): Safety pins and lingerie We were invited to the Halloween party weeks ago, but everyone in the family left the costumes to the last minute. An hour before the party... jo esafety pinswritinglingerie https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/05/almost-eighteen.html?showComment=1147356960000 writing as jo(e): Almost eighteen It came yesterday for my oldest son. A red, white, and blue form from the selective service. jo ewritingalmosteighteen https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/01/another-snowboarding-sunday.html?showComment=1137531300000 writing as jo(e): Another Snowboarding Sunday The weather here in Snowstorm region is as moody as I am. Last week, a warm spell melted all the accumulated snow, patches of ground showin... jo ewritinganothersnowboardingsunday https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/09/skyline.html?showComment=1158082680000 writing as jo(e): Skyline I remember the silence. It was five years ago, but I can still see their faces. They were all eighteen years old, most living away from ho... jo ewritingskyline https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/03/tree-frogs-and-frisbee.html writing as jo(e): Tree frogs and frisbee This afternoon, when I picked Shaggy Hair and Boy in Black up from school, I noticed that they had abandoned their heavy winter coats, the o... jo etree frogswritingfrisbee https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/01/room.html?showComment=1136677020000 writing as jo(e): Room When I was growing up, I did my homework every night at the kitchen table, with my brother at my elbow and my sisters across from me, all of... jo ewritingroom https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/09/devil-wears-satin.html?showComment=1160236260000 writing as jo(e): The Devil Wears Satin I've been grading papers all day, an activity which sucks all the vital energy out of me, leaving me in zombie state, unable to even read, w... jo ethe devilwritingwearssatin https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/11/walking-through-plastic.html?showComment=1132097400000 writing as jo(e): Walking through plastic During my visit to Windy Midwestern City with an Art Institute and at least one Very Tall Building, ArtistFriend insisted on making me walk ... jo ewritingwalkingplastic https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/10/unstructured-time-in-nature-baby.html?showComment=1193187720000 writing as jo(e): Unstructured time in nature, baby Above the wooden "No Swimming" sign, a bright red sign warns: "Violators subject to $100 fine. And/Or 15 days in Jail." That sign has bee... jo etime inwritingunstructurednature https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2009/06/into-light.html?showComment=1245883778408 writing as jo(e): Into the Light All spring semester, as the Friendly Green Conference was approaching, my friends were exchanging emails to coordinate our conference plans... jo ewritinglight https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/11/answer-key.html writing as jo(e): Answer key Last February, the snow was so deep in my backyard that I couldn't find one of the picnic tables. This morning, I took a photo of the two p... jo ewritinganswerkey https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/06/into-cold-water.html writing as jo(e): Into Cold Water It's been a hot humid week. When With-a-Why came home from school, he pulled off his shirt and his body was covered with a red rash:... jo ewritingcoldwater https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/02/savoring-poetry.html?showComment=1108488060000 writing as jo(e): Savoring poetry Yesterday was Bring-a-Poem-You-Love-to-Class day. We are about four weeks into the semester, my students were feeling overwhelmed and tired... jo ewritingsavoringpoetry https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/07/flick.html?showComment=1185193680000 writing as jo(e): Flick We had designated Sunday as a family day, and so the day began as those days usually do: everyone arguing about what we would do together. ... jo ewritingflick https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2008/02/this-mornings-walk.html?showComment=1201994640000 writing as jo(e): This morning's walk jo ethis morningwritingwalk https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/05/almost-eighteen.html?showComment=1147372680000 writing as jo(e): Almost eighteen It came yesterday for my oldest son. A red, white, and blue form from the selective service. jo ewritingalmosteighteen https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/10/ringing.html?showComment=1193051760000 writing as jo(e): Ringing When I was a kid, no one ever went running through the house asking, "Where's the phone?" No one ever began tossing newspapers and papers o... jo ewritingringing https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/10/possibilities.html?showComment=1192836180000 writing as jo(e): Possibilities One fall day several years ago, I was coming back from a walk in the woods when I looked up at our roof and noticed that it was covered with... jo ewritingpossibilities https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/09/next-week-floss.html?showComment=1190147460000 writing as jo(e): Next week: floss Some of my favourite photo bloggers have been posting pictures of their toothbrushes. Yeah, really. I'm not making it up. I guess it's th... jo enext weekwritingfloss https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.html writing as jo(e): Merry Christmas jo ewritingmerrychristmas https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/12/back-online.html?showComment=1196719020000 writing as jo(e): Back online Surviving without my computer for three days was surprisingly easy. On Saturday, I went with some friends to a big arts and crafts show tha... jo ewritingbackonline https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/06/annual-family-vacation.html?showComment=1151708220000 writing as jo(e): Annual family vacation Urban Sophisticate comes the farthest. From her tiny place on the upper east side of Big City Like No Other, she will lug her bag down the s... jo ewritingannualfamilyvacation https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/05/almost-eighteen.html?showComment=1147362840000 writing as jo(e): Almost eighteen It came yesterday for my oldest son. A red, white, and blue form from the selective service. jo ewritingalmosteighteen https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/07/day-at-beach.html writing as jo(e): Day at the beach We did the project with limited resources: three cans of paint (white, brown, and blue), three butter knives, several worn paintbrushes, so... jo eat thewritingdaybeach https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2009/06/into-light.html?showComment=1245871311198 writing as jo(e): Into the Light All spring semester, as the Friendly Green Conference was approaching, my friends were exchanging emails to coordinate our conference plans... jo ewritinglight https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2011/05/last-class.html?showComment=1304475623022 writing as jo(e): Last class Despite the rain, students were standing outside today, clutching magic markers and chatting as they signed their names to a 32-foot steel b... jo ewritinglastclass https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/05/shadow-women.html?showComment=1115939820000 writing as jo(e): Shadow Women shadows , originally uploaded by jo(e) . I've been wanting to introduce you all to some of my anonymous friends, and I finally fig... jo ewritingshadowwomen https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/09/devotion-to-disk.html?showComment=1190862840000 writing as jo(e): Devotion to the disc All summer, Boy in Black devoted his energy to getting together enough people for a game of Ultimate Frisbee. That's what he did pretty muc... jo eto thewritingdevotiondisc https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-moment-of-silence-few-links.html writing as jo(e): A moment of silence, a few links No one really talked about it much on campus today. My eighteen-year-old students? They were pretty young when the towers fell. They rememb... a moment of silencewritingjolinks https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2008/05/if-every-woman-had-cape.html?showComment=1210124040000 writing as jo(e): If every woman had a cape A few years ago, my husband and I went with some friends to see a movie, the name of which I've completely forgotten. The plot of the movie... jo eevery womanwritingcape https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-light.html writing as jo(e): What light Usually when I post photos of naked women on my blog (and yes, that happens more often than you might think), people will chime in on the ... jo ewritinglight https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2010/12/maybe-tomorrow.html writing as jo(e): Maybe tomorrow One morning, soon after my oldest two kids had moved back home for the month-long winter break, my daughter and I settled by the fire to do ... jo ewritingmaybetomorrow https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-i-learned-this-semester.html?showComment=1166129460000 writing as jo(e): What I learned this semester At the end of the fall semester, I ask my first year students to write on an index card one thing they learned their first semester in colle... what i learnedwritingjosemester https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/11/city-sidewalks.html?showComment=1163203860000 writing as jo(e): City sidewalks My conference began yesterday, but I came to the city early to spend two nights with Urban Sophisticate Sister, who lives on the Upper East ... jo ewritingcitysidewalks https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/10/unstructured-time-in-nature-baby.html?showComment=1193233920000 writing as jo(e): Unstructured time in nature, baby Above the wooden "No Swimming" sign, a bright red sign warns: "Violators subject to $100 fine. And/Or 15 days in Jail." That sign has bee... jo etime inwritingunstructurednature https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/12/day-after-party.html?showComment=1166992440000 writing as jo(e): Day after the party Our household is slowly recovering from last night's party, which was fun and noisy. Most of our friends have large families, and our holida... jo eday afterwritingparty https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/06/photo-from-honeymoon-suite.html?showComment=1150124760000 writing as jo(e): Photo from the honeymoon suite My husband and I so rarely travel without the kids that for our long weekend we decided not to bring the tent but to treat ourselves to a ni... jo efrom thewritingphotohoneymoon https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2010/05/diploma-and-disc.html?showComment=1274066022140 writing as jo(e): A diploma and a disc It seems just the other day that Boy in Black was giving his high school valedictory speech. But if you remember him giving that speech , th... jo ewritingdiplomadisc https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/05/playing-monster.html?showComment=1116695880000 writing as jo(e): Playing Monster Our house is a small colonial, which is the most efficient kind of house to heat during our cold winters, and the first floor is mainly one ... jo ewritingplayingmonster https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2009/05/waiting-for-crosstown-bus.html writing as jo(e): Waiting for a crosstown bus As we stood on the street, a man with greasy hair and a big smile stopped at the same bus stop. He pulled out a pack of cigarettes, which h... jo ewaiting forwritingcrosstownbus https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/11/blogging-as-emerging-genre.html?showComment=1132193460000 writing as jo(e): Blogging as an emerging genre When I am talking to colleagues at a conference, conversations tend to focus on books and ideas, on teaching and writing. It's pretty commo... jo ewritingbloggingemerginggenre https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/12/hearth.html?showComment=1165509420000 writing as jo(e): Hearth Twice a week, Boy in Black drives back to Train Track Village for a drum or guitar lesson. Usually, he'll stop home for a few hours. The a... jo ewritinghearth https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2009/04/witness.html?showComment=1239853020000 writing as jo(e): Witness It was dark outside, and cold. My kids and extras had stopped for subs and were at the table, eating them. My husband left on a trip with ... jo ewritingwitness https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/12/endings.html writing as jo(e): Endings Last week, I drove to my daughter's off-campus apartment for the last Friday lunch of the semester. She lives in a neighborhood of once-bea... jo ewritingendings https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/03/finally.html?showComment=1173219540000 writing as jo(e): Finally We leave today. My husband has never been across the ocean. This will be his first time visiting the European City where People With Lovely... jo ewritingfinally https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/10/mountains-waterfalls-and-full-moon.html?showComment=1160442300000 writing as jo(e): Mountains, waterfalls, and a full moon In October in the mountains, the weather changes very quickly. As my friends and I drove north for our weekend together, we compared notes ... jo eand awritingmountainswaterfalls https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/10/suddenly.html?showComment=1191454440000 writing as jo(e): Suddenly In spring time, green creeps slowly over the landscape, and by May, my eyes have adjusted to the lush green world around me. After a whole ... jo ewritingsuddenly https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/09/next-week-floss.html?showComment=1190051040000 writing as jo(e): Next week: floss Some of my favourite photo bloggers have been posting pictures of their toothbrushes. Yeah, really. I'm not making it up. I guess it's th... jo enext weekwritingfloss https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/05/playing-monster.html?showComment=1116804120000 writing as jo(e): Playing Monster Our house is a small colonial, which is the most efficient kind of house to heat during our cold winters, and the first floor is mainly one ... jo ewritingplayingmonster https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/03/international-blogger-meetup.html?showComment=1173531480000 writing as jo(e): International Blogger Meetup Since Beautiful Smart Wonderful Daughter still had another day of writing midterm papers before her spring break began, my husband and I too... jo ewritinginternationalbloggermeetup https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2009/04/witness.html?showComment=1239889140000 writing as jo(e): Witness It was dark outside, and cold. My kids and extras had stopped for subs and were at the table, eating them. My husband left on a trip with ... jo ewritingwitness https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/10/oprah-vs-pretty-colour-lakes_23.html?showComment=1130108460000 writing as jo(e): Oprah vs. Pretty Colour Lakes In October my composition class read Bill McKibben's The Age of Missing Information , a book in which McKibben compares watching 24 hours of... jo ewritingoprahvspretty https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2007/08/mama-cat.html?showComment=1187750700000 writing as jo(e): Mama Cat On a summer day ten years ago, my daughter and her friend came running excitedly into the house: "We found a mother cat! And her kittens!... jo ewritingmamacat https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2011/07/with-curry.html?showComment=1311137095187 writing as jo(e): With curry On the last night at camp, Urban Sophisticate Sister decided she was going to make a gourmet meal. She is, after all, a world famous curry... jo ewritingcurry https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/05/burning-woman.html?showComment=1147460220000 writing as jo(e): Burning Woman Spending an afternoon with my friend PoetWoman is always wonderful. We eat lunch together, we go for walks, we share poetry, and we talk ab... jo ewritingburningwoman https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/11/aloud.html?showComment=1133270760000 writing as jo(e): Aloud I spent two weeks this August rafting down the Colorado River, running more than 200 rapids, hiking side canyons every day, and sleeping on ... jo ewritingaloud https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2014/02/sunshine-boats-and-poetry.html?showComment=1392085993408 writing as jo(e): Sunshine, boats, and poetry Even though I was in Coastal City for less than 48 hours, it was a welcome break from the February weather of Snowstorm Region. The temp... jo ewritingsunshineboatspoetry https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/09/walking-through-oil-paint.html?showComment=1158778080000 writing as jo(e): Walking through oil paint Faced with a houseful of dirty dishes, a pile of wet logs that needed to be stacked, a miserable sort of headache, and a desk covered with ... jo ewritingwalkingoilpaint https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2006/04/napping.html?showComment=1146506760000 writing as jo(e): Napping On Sunday afternoons, the teenagers and kids in the house, already tired from playing music into the early hours of the morning, will play a... jo ewritingnapping https://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2009/06/into-light.html?showComment=1246315388604 writing as jo(e): Into the Light All spring semester, as the Friendly Green Conference was approaching, my friends were exchanging emails to coordinate our conference plans... jo ewritinglight