When the Coronavirus crisis closed classrooms, it seemed my work for Citizen Schools would end abruptly. But the organization asked all of us volunteer Citizen Teachers to create a three-minute video about our career paths and another, shorter video wishing students well and sharing some brief guidance.
To my surprise, Citizen Schools featured my videos in their national e-newsletter!
As the above video mentions, this week also marked the introduction of my new novella, Az Der Papa. Here is the second video from the Citizen Schools newsletter.
This week, I also led a three-hour online Writing Salon course for a group of design professionals, plus my new online writing program for Citizen Schools. It’s a thrill to re-connect with students and colleagues, but “distance learning” feels so distant from what we experienced when I introduced this class in February with words that seem even truer today:
Speaking of Donald Trump
Have you heard the new word
From absurd orange bird?
The cock of the walk
Who can squawk
But can’t talk
Who frowns
On the brown
Holds them down
What a clown
Whose wall-building bombast
Blasts outcasts
He thinks he outclasses
But can’t outlast
Vile defiler,
The liar, denier
Of climate fire
Heats our air
Doesn’t care
It’s not fair
We can’t bear
But we swear
We will tear
Your orange hair
If you dare to declare
You are heir to the rare
You are square
So prepare
And beware our despair
When it’s time to compare
We’re the real billionaires
Next in series: Coronavirus Diary: The Last Dance
Series begins at Coronavirus Diary: Introduction.
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