Teaching

October 12, 2006. Two months since I got off a plane from Australia, and four months (!) since I drove from Rolling Fork, MS, to Leland, MS,...

New York is so strange after Mississippi, especially the Delta. Everything feels landscaped and artificial, too perfect, unreal. People are ...

And it goes on. One of my very, very special kids- the most talented dancer (save for his brother) and one of the most talented artists I...

"Ms. Shaffren, you leavin'? I thought you was gonna be one of the one's who stayed." Ow.

Just a few little things I don't want to forget... The language differences; when they say "why" they don't really want to...

Three weeks before the end of the two years, I step out of the house in Leland into the night, and it's all lavender and lightning. The ...

After the last weekend, thinking as always about the next step, I hope that without the hours spent in (sometimes deep) discussion with a gr...