Stones of Erasmus — for Teachers, Writers, & Philosophy Sprinkles Makers!

Hi, I’m Greig — welcome! Here you’ll find sharp writing, creative ideas, and standout resources for teaching, thinking, making, and dreaming in the middle and high school ELA and Humanities classroom (Grades 6–12).

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18.9.05

Hurricane Katrina: My Personal Story on Living Through the Storm

We had just read Virginia Woolf’s The Mark on the Wall before the storm came. We were in a circle sharing thoughts and ideas about posses...

12.8.05

Flash Fiction: Tchefuncte River, Summer 2005

One summer a boy dove into the Tchefuncte river and hit something at the bottom. When he came back up he hurriedly free-styled to the f...

8.8.05

Poem: Mo

you are beautiful in your floral arrangement paisley printed dress fuschia blown patterned garden scarf, pale green, brilliant magenta...

6.8.05

The pig people: urban legend or fact?

They live under interstate highways. In New Orleans, they call them the "pig people." The locals say they're cannibals and t...

4.8.05

Obituary: Georgette Pintado 1924 -2005

Georgette Pintado (1924 - 2005) “ Les enfants, les enfants ,” whispered Georgette Pintado, when Br. Bede Roselli and his mother Pam foun...

21.5.05

The Bread Run: When I Delivered Loaves of Bread for Pennies for Bread

The loaves are already “stacked to the back” of our Ford delivery truck in the morning before we leave. The bread was baked the day before...

1.5.05

Poem: "Ordinary Childhood"

Fontana della Barcaccia - Spanish Steps, Rome, Italy brushing past the crêpe myrtles, their slim, shedding bark legs entangled on the...

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