So let’s say you’re going through Montaigne’s Essays, essentially cherry-picking quotes for a magazine piece you’re working on, and you come to this passage: Like birds who fly abroad to…View post

Got the GarageBand app for my iPad. Mainly for a very simple one-track voice thing I’m doing. But my four-year-old is all over it. In a glimpse of the future,…View post

For the students of PCIS, here are the images we worked with today when we spoke about writing and revision (if you click on the pictures, you will see a…View post

My elder daughter has been playing the Glee version of Van Halen’s “Jump” over and over lately. So, for better or worse, I sat her down and made her watch…View post

Still writing that essay about Montaigne. A portion from my rough draft: If I may say so, Montaigne’s single dominant theme is our propensity for perpetual self-contradiction, and for a…View post