I’m a Magpie
I’ve decided that I should myself as I would a wayward child: discipline, structure, and a generous application of dessert treats as rewards. Writing (for the fun of it, to remind myself it *is* fun) every day for at least a half an hour upon waking, enforced hygiene (brush your hair one hundred strokes and shower at least every other day). If I haven’t grown up to be the adult I would have liked, then by golly I will raise her myself. In other news, I may have finally gone insane. |
I'm a librarian. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset's reflection in the tall buildings downtown.
For a while there, I taught classes on Classical literature, philosophy, and the history of religion at New College of California. I have an MA and an MFA in Writing, and live on a boat in Sausalito, CA.
momeester
August 1st, 2008 at 1:39 am
The skull doesn’t completely stop growing and fusing until well into adulthood. When you stop growing up, you grow old. So, continue to grow up.
seester
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:18 am
What was that “Wonderworks” movie about the amazing substitute teacher? Didn’t she say something similar about sea turtles not dying until they stopped growing?
Nora
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:19 am
Was it called Gryphon? Is that how it’s spelled?
seester
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:13 am
Yes! I think so…my most vivid memory is of her saying, “balcony,” only it was more like, “baaaaalcony.”
Magic, I tells ya.
And there was quite a bit in there about spelling, as I recall…
momeester
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Gryphon [videorecording]
WonderWorks 1988. I wonder if it is still available. I remember renting the vcr