…and of course the sky is blue today

A few years back, my friend and local writer Stanley Fisher told me about a collection of essays he planned to curate, giving writers a chance to answer the question, "What's your simple pleasure?" Unfortunately for us, Stanley didn't stick around long enough to complete the project--he shipped out of...

Some moments go better with books

Sometimes you have to do the following: Drive to Powell's on Hawthorne and buy a book that a friend told you about. Take the book, a notebook and a pen to a quiet pub. Sit at the bar and order something that goes with something else. Split your time reading...

children and poetry: the kids will all write

Some 8-year-old boys drool. In the 4 years in which I’ve worked with third graders, at least one boy has drooled in the middle of at least one class. Sometimes it’s from frustration, but mostly it’s a result of over-excitement coupled with a blood sugar spike.This year’s drooler is Ben...

#Beerlunch

Sometimes you just have to mash the words "beer" and "lunch" together, take a picture, and put a # in front of it. Then you have to post it in various places and drink it.

For young writers, workshops help explore the “How” of their writing

A few years ago I was hedging on whether or not to plan summer writing workshops for young writers. I’d received a few inquiries from parents who’d found DaveJarecki.com and stumbled upon the Workshop page, where information for the previous summer's workshop (2010) was still live. How did that summer’s...

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