Two-Year Clottiversary

A lot of my anxiety as a child resulted in me believing I would die in horribly tragic ways. For instance, I was terrified of sleeping under my ceiling fan because I believed that it would crash through my bed, chop me into little pieces, and send my remains and my bed through the floor […]

Unit 3: Creative Nonfiction Writing (A Year-End Reflection)

When Friday gets here, I will officially be done with my first year of teaching. My first year of instructing the bright minds of America’s future leaders… Hopefully. That is, if I did my job well. Or, if they have any ambition. That remains to be seen with certain students. I’ve learned a lot this […]

A Piece of Paradise: Taking Le Clown on a Tour of Le Denver

Well, hello there, attractive readers! May I suggest you mosey on over to A Clown On Fire and check out this post on my city of origin, Denver. You won’t be disappointed. I spent a long time trying to capture the essence of this town, and I think I did a damn good job. Also, […]

Let’s Talk About Love

The kind you clean up with a mop and bucket, like the lost catacombs of Egypt only God knows where we stuck it. Gross. I do not want to talk about that kind of love. Though, that song is my Karaoke song. Love is the loftiest emotion humans can attain to, other than the comatose […]

Sometimes I write for other blogs.

I know, I know, you hate me. But the school year is winding down, and with it, my freedom (and burning desire, much akin to the syphilis I heard that people suffer from sometimes) to write is winding up. Soon, so soon, I will be posting my regular 3 times a week. I’m so excited […]

Teaching is a Full-Time Job

I don’t know how people do it all day, every day, for years. No, I’m not talking about sex (I know how people do that, and I’m still routinely disgusted by the whole affair… see what I did there?). I’m talking about education. To be more precise, I’m talking about teaching. I […]

Introduction

Well, hello, friends. I’ve been a busy bee. And I’ve written something that I would like to share for feedback, and to let you know that I’m still writing like a fiend. I just have time issues for when I can post (right now, for example, my students are working on an extra-credit test assignment […]

Depression

I’m not going to offer an explanation as to why I haven’t written anything in a month; no, I’m going to tell you a story. My depression starts at the back of my esophagus. It begins as a small hole, only noticeable at three in the morning when I trace shapes with my eyes on […]

The Prodigal Daughter Returns! (An Exercise in Modesty… Just Kidding)

Well, HELLO, beautiful loves! You’re looking svelte! Is that a new haircut? New shirt? New laptop? Whatever you’ve done, it’s working. Let me start with a brief apology: I’m sorry I fell off the face of the internet. Traveling through Europe, I discovered that I did not have consistent internet access, nor the time to […]

30 Minutes of Madness: Making Dreams Come True

We all have goals and dreams and plans. For instance, twenty years from now I expect to be a best-selling author who has her own colony on the moon as well as a pet Jaguar who speaks English. They may not be lofty goals, but they are all mine. When was the last time you […]