(Note: as I struggle with learning a foreign language, I wrote this little piece. It’s supposed to be humorous – or is it?) This semester we have learned how to ask for directions to the library, analyzed passages by the greatest of the foreign language’s authors,and parsed details about the proper uses of the subjunctive… [Read More]
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Virtual Spring Break: DIY on vacation
Today’s assignment for Kristine Hansen’s Virtual Spring Break travel writing class is to come up with ideas for a travel story around a trend. Well, here’s one: the DIY trend and DIY on vacation. When we travel, we often forget that we can do things that locals are doing, too. When my son was younger,… [Read More]
Virtual Spring Break: Milwaukee, five ways
Today’s assignment for the Virtual Spring Break travel writing class is to come up with five angles on a city, five different travel stories. One of my favorite cities is Milwaukee, and here are five reasons why: Milwaukee is a music town. Besides local bands playing local bars, and a Stradivarius violin that was the… [Read More]
Virtual Spring Break: Let me tell you about Wrigley Field
Today’s assignment for Kristine Hansen’s virtual spring break class is to discuss a place in a conversational tone. Well, last night I was at a baseball game at Wrigley, so here goes: Wrigley Field gets a bad rap as a place where people go to drink rather than watch baseball. That’s not true; it attracts… [Read More]
Virtual spring break: Feelings about Mill Creek Park
This week, I’m doing Kristine Hansen’s virtual spring break travel writing class. A big part of the class is a daily writing prompt about a travel topic. Today, we are to write about the emotional arc of a recent trip. For me, that was back to Ohio to see family and visit Lanterman’s Mill, a… [Read More]
