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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28.8.11

Quote from Auntie Mame: "Life's a Banquet"

Rosalind Russel as Auntie Mame (1958) Life is a banquet and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death. ~Auntie Mame What is so ...

27.8.11

The Calm Before the Storm is Lugubrious: So Says the Doleful Statue of Liberty

In this post, I write a "Journal & Rant" piece about superstorm Sandy — an Atlantic hurricane that hit the New York City reg...

Irene Did It: MTA Suspends Public Transportation

7 Avenue BMT Station Roped Off on the Brighton Line in Park Slope, Brooklyn I must say: not having our iconic subway trains in service ...

25.8.11

Aesthetic Thursday: Giant Head in Madison Square Park

The sculpture of a head sits in plain view in Madison Square Park in Manhattan. Jaume Plensa, Echo, Madison Square Park image source...

24.8.11

Report: Earthquake in the Northeast

In this post, I record that time there was an earthquake felt in New York City. Felt a Minor Shake I was in a library near 14th stree...

20.8.11

List Writing: Must I Have Something to Say?

Goals — What Goes Up Must Come Down Writing a list of questions and providing a concise answer helps to solidify confidence in goal-ma...

15.8.11

First Sentence of a Failed Novel

Do you have failed first sentences of novels you tried to write? Here's one: Her skin was chalky white, but Patrick thought she was ro...

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