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Reading Wednesday Day
Oct. 14th, 2020 07:17 pm Today is the day on Dreamwidth where we share what we've been reading and consuming entertainment-wise and I'm kind of horrified by how little I have to report.
To be fair to me, I've been deep in my classwork at the Loft. My intermediate class is set up so that students can get a lot of work critiqued both by me and by their peers. So, I've been reading and critiquing a lot of stories. I am also, technically, still creating content for this class? I kind of never finished filling in all the blanks before class started and so there are still several, rather large gaps that need filling.
I'm surprising myself by enjoying teaching this way?
I'm not super fond of having to write all of the lectures out, but the interaction with students is much better than I thought it would be. I am thinking about doing this again next semester--which means I need to put together a proposal for the Loft. The deadline is in a matter of days.
I've been a bit out of it lately, however. There are some big changes coming down the pike at Shawn's work and that's kind of thrown our whole home ecosystem out of whack. The thing I've noticed in the pandemic is that one person's mood in the house can permeate everyone. Shawn is stressed, so we're all carrying a bit of that. Plus, due to all of these goings on, we haven't been out for a walk in too long. I think I went outside three times today: to get coffee, to take out the recycling, and to get chives from the garden for dinner. That's not enough, people! I need to be outside more. Have you seen my yard? It's all leaves. They aren't going to rake themselves.
Mason is the only sane one. He's out for a late night (it's only 7:30 pm, but it's dark AF) walk. The wind is howling, so I bet it's actually kind of a fun night to be out and about.
- "A Temporary Embarassment in Spacetime," by Charlie Jane Anders (Cosmic Powers Anthology, 2017) <--Though I read the reprint in Lightspeed Magazine.
- "Elf Aware," by K. Tempest Bradford (Podcastle, 2009)
To be fair to me, I've been deep in my classwork at the Loft. My intermediate class is set up so that students can get a lot of work critiqued both by me and by their peers. So, I've been reading and critiquing a lot of stories. I am also, technically, still creating content for this class? I kind of never finished filling in all the blanks before class started and so there are still several, rather large gaps that need filling.
I'm surprising myself by enjoying teaching this way?
I'm not super fond of having to write all of the lectures out, but the interaction with students is much better than I thought it would be. I am thinking about doing this again next semester--which means I need to put together a proposal for the Loft. The deadline is in a matter of days.
I've been a bit out of it lately, however. There are some big changes coming down the pike at Shawn's work and that's kind of thrown our whole home ecosystem out of whack. The thing I've noticed in the pandemic is that one person's mood in the house can permeate everyone. Shawn is stressed, so we're all carrying a bit of that. Plus, due to all of these goings on, we haven't been out for a walk in too long. I think I went outside three times today: to get coffee, to take out the recycling, and to get chives from the garden for dinner. That's not enough, people! I need to be outside more. Have you seen my yard? It's all leaves. They aren't going to rake themselves.
Mason is the only sane one. He's out for a late night (it's only 7:30 pm, but it's dark AF) walk. The wind is howling, so I bet it's actually kind of a fun night to be out and about.