Tag: reading
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My First Readathon
I thrive on challenges with set deadlines. So when my friend Marcie told me she was participating in Dewey’s 24 hour readathon this Saturday, October 21st, I wanted in! I love to read, yet never feel like I have enough time to get to all the books on my shelves, on my nightstand, piled on […]
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My Summer Priority–write, write, write
People often don’t realize how hard those of us in an academic community work during the year. The enviable focus is on our summers “off”—which assumes a career of leisure in higher education. I am actually on a twelve-month contract, though, so I will go in to the office every day this June and July. […]
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Simile Love
Sim•i•le Noun A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox). I’ve fallen in love with the simile. A friend suggested I use one in an article I […]
Teri McDowell Ott 