I'm a big fan of Peter Elbow. More than any other person, he's helped me to embrace the writing process. Until now I've never tried his suggestions for writing poetry, though. So, here's my hand at "Poetry as No Big Deal." I want to strike these words from the page I want to leave the document Untitled 2 I want to be better at whatever this is I want to create something meaningful I want to know what that is I want to hear someone say, "Good job" And I want to be as careless as a kid W...

Time in the market beats timing the market. I'm realizing that the same is true of language. Working with a language slowly and consistently, reading and writing and playing, does more for your mastery than an inconsistent study of it. If you think, "I haven't nailed down this and that declension", and let that anxiety keep you from attending to the pleasures of your chosen language, you'll never progress. Do not try to analyze it to death. Learn your new bits and pieces; and in small, daily...

A baby born in a prison cell does not know that a toilet should not be in the same room as its bed, but we do. - Moira v. Schitt's Creek Town Council ...