IT’S HERE!Beach reading for your summer vacations…   “Michèle Phoenix’s Shards of Shell masterfully balances a story of hurt and healing with sharp wit and humorous situations, leaving the reader with an ‘I can’t put it down’ dilemma.”Lauren Wiest “The words flow with an artistry that in itself makes the book worth reading.   Places, experiences […]

Crazy, crazy days…  I won’t write much, as time is limited, but the pictures pretty much speak for themselves!  Squirt sprawled on my couch (we opened it up into a bed) to watch a marathon of TV shows!  All accompanied by homemade pizza and enough salad to feed an army. One is never sure if […]

If there’s one things the students know how to do, it’s “make an entrance.”  In this case, the entrance included driving rain, bare feet, and a large green tarp.  They walked roughly two kilometers over hills and through woods with their odd creation. There were rumors that we were getting together for a poetry reading […]

How do poets prepare for the biggest social event of the spring semester at BFA?  They launch themselves off high places into the arms of long-suffering (and hopefully sturdy) friends.  I blame the fresh cinnamon rolls I’d brought to class for the sugar high that caused the stunts! Junior-Senior Banquet happened tonight, with all the […]

I should have known, when I looked up at the sky on the afternoon of my small group’s long-planned final picnic, that things weren’t going in my favor. Okay, so maybe the funnel cloud is a slight exaggeration…  But it was cold–bitter cold–and after four straight weeks of nothing but heat and sunshine, it sure […]

…or maybe it’s the other way around. These have been exciting days.  Days of soccer fan’ing… …of fan-photographer’ing (isn’t she beautiful??)… …of concession stand’ing… …and general issue-having (note t-shirt)… But before soccer became the piece-de-resistance in BFA’s spring banquet, the entire student body was driven to Basel by a Friday night activity, where the students […]

I like them… …a lot. And yes, they do drive me nuts (nutser, to be precise).And no, I wouldn’t want it any other way. And you know what?  They’re brilliant.

And not a moment too soon… It was my pleasure, on the girls’ first evening back, to take them into town for kebabs and ice-cream.  I’d like to say I was motivated solely by a missionary’s zeal to minister to her students, but the fact is–I kinda like junk food too!  And it’s always convenient […]

[Note:  see the section after the pictures of Cinque Terre for an update on the search for my Italian Stallion…) Well, boys and girls, I went, I saw, I took pictures.  And it was worth every penny and every hour of insane Italian driving!  Cinque Terre is….it’s stunning, that’s what.  And though my legs and […]

I’m off to Italy in the morning!  I’m being foolhardy and actually driving my car there, which means it may very well come back lacking some paint and a tire or two, but who am I to distrust my Italian neighbors?  I’m heading out with my favorite traveling companion, Mari Ellen, to see this: Cinque […]