Story-Making, World-Making

Story-Making, World-Making

As I sit, writing, at my desk on this November morning, the sky is just beginning to emerge in shades of pale gray, streaked with persimmon along the Eastern horizon. The story the season tells is written in the clouds that hover high above the bay – reflected...

Dreaming in the Dark

It’s five-thirty in the morning, and dark. Dark when I wake up. Dark when I go to bed. Murky, much of the day — autumn clouds, mist and rain muffle the contours of the Pacific Northwest landscape where I live. Light. The memory of light. Beneath the closed...

Pulse: Rhythm, timing, sequence

Yesterday, my friend Jen and I were talking about teaching – and about the delicate art of rhythm, timing, and sequence, which forms the beating pulse of deep learning. Back when I taught teacher-training programs, this trifecta of rhythm, timing and sequencing...