1. Patrick and Molly, my college-aged step-kids, came to the old homestead for dinner tonight and it was a delight to have the jabs, laughter, non-sequitors, smart ass commentary, mutual enjoyment, and updates on what's happening with the family youth back at the dinner board again.
2. At dinner, the Deke had Molly read a story she wrote for one of her education classes at Pacific University about the time her Corgi, Maggie, rescued a Jack Terrier out from an initimidating snarl of blackberry bushes at the dog park.
3. Above all, I urge my students to write authentically. More students read their papers responding to Bach's Goldberg Variations and what made the papers work was my students were at liberty to write authentic essays, and did so. They surprised and moved each other with their writing.
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