Loved this recounting of your experience at Inkwell and the trip as a whole! Babies makes things interesting but I love seeing moms see opportunities and go for it. :) I lived in NYC for 6 months in my 20's and this brought back some visceral memories.
I love this! That you went for it with toddler in tow and your honesty at how frazzling such an experience is in real life. I’ve never tried speaking at a soirée with an upset babe in the back but can relate via somewhat similar circumstances, including trying to teach writing having just passed off an upset infant minutes before to a college student babysitter. Half a brain is spot on. There is a trail of our family’s lost items scattered around the world that leads to our home, I’m pretty sure.
I chuckled at your comment about the luxury of an MFA!
You leave a little souvenir for someone else everywhere you go 😆 If I ever have the luxury, I might get myself an MFA! I will say I’ve searched a few programs much in the same way I scroll Airbnb for fantasy vacation stays. Where do you teach?
Haha true! I also think an MFA would be fun. Maybe in a different season of life. I teach very part-time as an adjunct at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. I mostly teach first-year composition.
Loved this recounting of your experience at Inkwell and the trip as a whole! Babies makes things interesting but I love seeing moms see opportunities and go for it. :) I lived in NYC for 6 months in my 20's and this brought back some visceral memories.
The added challenge of a baby can make stubborn people even more determined to take such opportunities, I think XD
I love this! That you went for it with toddler in tow and your honesty at how frazzling such an experience is in real life. I’ve never tried speaking at a soirée with an upset babe in the back but can relate via somewhat similar circumstances, including trying to teach writing having just passed off an upset infant minutes before to a college student babysitter. Half a brain is spot on. There is a trail of our family’s lost items scattered around the world that leads to our home, I’m pretty sure.
I chuckled at your comment about the luxury of an MFA!
You leave a little souvenir for someone else everywhere you go 😆 If I ever have the luxury, I might get myself an MFA! I will say I’ve searched a few programs much in the same way I scroll Airbnb for fantasy vacation stays. Where do you teach?
Haha true! I also think an MFA would be fun. Maybe in a different season of life. I teach very part-time as an adjunct at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. I mostly teach first-year composition.
I’m going to be thinking about whether art forms can be gentrified for a while.
The seahorse 🥺
I will forever wonder about the fate of that plushy seahorse.... and its detachable babies
Why don’t people write about Yonkers instead? — you are ever astute as you see the places you visit with clear eyes ❤️