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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21.9.06

Jean Mohr's Photographs of Boys in After the Last Sky (with Edward W. Said)

in After the Last Sky : The Palestinian boy in Jean Mohr’s photograph elicits sadness just by looking into his eyes (WOR 623). He is o...

14.8.06

Poem: "St. Roch"

St. Roch Your ancestors are buried here , she said, pointing to the fuzzy monitor; my roots displayed as if someo...

1.8.06

Eulogy for My Dog Maggie: 1990-2006

Maggie on a walk When my dog Maggie died, I wrote her eulogy. When a girl reaches that age of sweet sixteen uncertainty, my...

10.5.06

John Milton on Adversity

Adversity breeds life. An Etching of Samson, from an 1882 German Bible source: wikimedia Mil ton liked to write about adversity ...

8.5.06

Book Review: Body, Pain, Torture and the Cogito - Unmaking and Making of the World in Anil’s Ghost

In a civilization preoccupied with images, information, speed and efficiency, a wash of “words, words, words” there is still an origin of kn...

4.5.06

Movie Review: Imaginary Heroes (2004)

In this blog post, I write a movie review about the angsty indie film Imaginary Heroes starring Emile Hirsch. Emile Hirsch is an actor...

1.4.06

Poem: Riding MARTA on a Business Trip

MARTA train arrives in Atlanta's airport photograph: visitingdc Faces I saw on the train from the airport, twin faces painstakin...

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