hey hey

[firsty]

well it's not like i havent been doing anything.

i hope yr all well - i've been in grad school for the past year or so, working on changing careers to be a teacher.

or an author — over winter break i sat down and collected what i've been scribbling for the past 7 years and now i'm at about the 3rd draft or so of The Great Big Book, and i'm anxious to get away from the isolation for a bit. i posted the prologue in "workshop" just now in case you're interested.

pel is good, the kids are good. life is ragged but we're having fun. the highlight of this semester so far is that we're going to see cornel west give a talk tonight on campus.

so, yeah — good to see some old names still kickin around.

[Doreen Peri]

hey! good to see you!

sounds like a lot of positive stuff is happening for you!

say hi to pel for me

i'll read your post in the workshop...

[firsty]

for an unemployed father of two, going $50 grand in debt in the hopes of landing a $33k teaching salary, i'm doing great!



i either have a gold mine or a train wreck with that book. i always said i wouldnt go down without a fight, but i forgot that that means that at crunch time, i'll be both going down and fighting at the same time, neither of which is very much fun.

but writing for 3 weeks straight is definitely fun. i dont know why i ever thought i could get by doing anything else.

[mtmynd]

howdy, firsty. good to hear your life is on track and the family is doing well.

[firsty]

hey c! good to see ya.

[judih]

don'tcha worry - teaching takes a while to penetrate a be here now brain but it's its own reward

read your prologue, but will read it again with attention

best to j and the kids

[hester_prynne]

Salutations!!!!!
Nice to hear from you, great to read about what you are doing, it's inspiring as usual!
H