Dear Readers:
I’ve been away from this blog almost three years. Among activities, I started and finished an MA in English and creative writing, lost 45 pounds, started gardening by hand with a pickaxe as my main tool, no tiller, no gasoline, no engine, just elbow power--the rains wacked my garden this fall, greens did OK--, and I earned tenure and promotion at the university in my hometown. I've reestablished my writing and reading habits--five pieces out this fall, in the mail circulating, more submissions out soon.
Because I can’t help myself, I’m writing a memoir titled Redneck Genius. It ends the day I registered for college classes at 18 years old. Soon, I’ll post my high school transcript here, a scan, a PDF. Three years in the ninth grade and I never progressed beyond English II. They "social promoted" me, I think. I never even finished English I.
My latest publication is a long interview with Tim Gautreaux in Image issue 63.
Books I’m reading over Thanksgiving break:
No, I'm not on Facebook. I lasted one week.
My best,
Dayne
I’ve been away from this blog almost three years. Among activities, I started and finished an MA in English and creative writing, lost 45 pounds, started gardening by hand with a pickaxe as my main tool, no tiller, no gasoline, no engine, just elbow power--the rains wacked my garden this fall, greens did OK--, and I earned tenure and promotion at the university in my hometown. I've reestablished my writing and reading habits--five pieces out this fall, in the mail circulating, more submissions out soon.
Because I can’t help myself, I’m writing a memoir titled Redneck Genius. It ends the day I registered for college classes at 18 years old. Soon, I’ll post my high school transcript here, a scan, a PDF. Three years in the ninth grade and I never progressed beyond English II. They "social promoted" me, I think. I never even finished English I.
My latest publication is a long interview with Tim Gautreaux in Image issue 63.
Books I’m reading over Thanksgiving break:
- Novella Carpenter’s Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer.
- TR Reid’s The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care.
- And I'm finishing Jim Harrison’s masterpiece titled Legends of the Fall. I should have read it years ago. It’s one of the best books I’ve read all year.
No, I'm not on Facebook. I lasted one week.
My best,
Dayne
Labels: gardening, good books, high school, redneck genius, welcome to the fallen paradise
posted by Dayne Sherman @ 1:24 AM
