Category Archives: Inspiration

From Boston with Love

Posted on September 7, 2019 by

Last September, in the early morning hours on a leaf-turning day, I saw the words London, J-Term, and writing splash onto the electronic message board next to me at UNH’s Hamilton Smith Hall. As an older working student, study abroad … Continue reading →

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Considering #Perception

Posted on December 9, 2018 by

Yesterday I posted a photo to Instagram. The last streetlights still shone as the sun rose behind the maple trees in Durham, New Hampshire. The sunrise sparked upwards, yellow and orange, splattering red out and up, and fading to gentle … Continue reading →

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Technology and Creativity

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

Last Autumn, in my first writing workshop, I joked that the difference between a Master of Information Technology and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) is I can do my MFA homework while resting in my hammock. While that statement … Continue reading →

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Treesontreesontrees

Posted on September 10, 2017 by

Originally posted on Art by Meg Hoover:
I know that a lot of my artwork features a bit of watercolor, but honestly aside from what I learned in high school art class, I pretty much developed my own techniques without…

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An Innocuous Older in the Youngers’ Court

Posted on August 29, 2017 by

According to Ashton Applewhite in This Chair Rocks:A Manifesto Against Ageism, at 5:10 tonight, when I enter my writing class, I will be an “Older”. Older is a relative term; not of bucket into which a person is placed. There are … Continue reading →

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