by SMThornton | Nov 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
This has been a rough week complete with migraines shared by many (yes, Wendy and L.T., I’m looking at you), I thought I’d share something a student passed on to me. It’s a list of extracts from actual high school essays in which students were asked...
by SMThornton | Nov 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
First, I have a thank you that’s long overdue. Julie Dao passed along this pretty little bouquet to me- I love Picasso and I love awards! So guess, what? If you love Picasso you too can swipe the award!So, I have some words of wisdom to pass along from my...
by SMThornton | Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
My brain is a mush of short-circuiting synapses right now so I’m not going to blog about writing tonight. Or ancient Egypt. Those of you visiting in the hopes of finding either of those topics are going to be sorely disappointed. I’d apologize, but...
by SMThornton | Nov 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
I thought I would go out on a limb here and post one of the rare poems I’ve written. While visiting Delos, Greece this summer I was struck by the windswept, barren beauty of the deserted island. The winds at the top of the island’s mountain must have been...
by SMThornton | Nov 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Oh yeah! I totally bought Playmobil’s Egyptian pyramid for my daughter for Christmas. I’m indoctrinating her early into Egyptomania. I gave her life and one day she’s going to have to sit through Liz Taylor’s Cleopatra with me, all 192 minutes...
