Saint Hewett

There's an email in my BFA inbox dated September 2, 2013 from Clint and Helen Taylor that has a subject line, "Welcome to BFA!" This wond...

I was chatting with one of my first students from BFA and her fiancé, and Alyssa reminisced about the first week of class with me as her ...

My father, My grandfather, My grandfather's concubine They said Your Name after encounters with different aspects of you: The God who See...

2 Kings 5 is important context for this poem. Oh, and it'd be nice if I could walk again too. The Israeli servant said, Go to the prophet...

It's been a weird couple of weeks (months? years?), and I have found a lot of comfort and ease in writing poetry instead of the normal we...

I’ve got my next few tattoos lined up as of today. I’ve known for ages I want to get a bridge tattoo. I grew up in a city nicknamed (amon...

There's a weird tree growing outside of Riedlingen, so I wrote a poem about it. Chris and Emily told me I wouldn't embarrass myself if I ...

One of my former students is here for the summer and working as my personal assistant - for those of you who laughed, jokes on you when s...

I spent a lot of time staring at the stars in the night sky several nights this week, and I felt a lot of feelings - which most people kn...

Graduation was last week, and Wednesday was the teacher wrap up day for the 2019-2020 school year. Wednesday was also a meeting and plann...

When I was in college, I had a roommate who felt everything very deeply, and sometimes it seemed as though she'd cast me as a supporting ...

Today's post comes to you in disjointed stories as I stitch together the lessons I'm learning and the lies I'm rooting out of my life. Pl...

Praise the Lord, I have documentation from my insurance advocate that they will cover reimbursement and ongoing payments for my catheters...

It's overcast and rainy here in Kandern; it has been for several days. The forecast predicts more weather like this and a thunderstorm so...

I cut my hair off on Monday. Like, a lot of it. I chopped nearly a foot off in a braid, and my housemate took clippers to the rest. After...

Years ago several of my students were struggling with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. They found solace making a joke about su...

"How are you today?" one of my AP seniors asked when he came into the room Wednesday. "Honestly, not great," I told him since I'd already...

I had a rough week. It feels like a month has passed since this morning and a year since last Sunday. I'm allowed to say that because I h...

That verse I borrowed for my title last week reads in its entirety, "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn." There's...

When I was 12, my morning routine involved getting dressed upstairs before coming down to eat some snack or breakfast while my mom was oc...