Academia is not an excuse
Daises are my mother’s favorite flower. I found one once when I was a child, tucked in a envelope in a scrapbook. It was crinkled and browned, almost like it was made of sepia-toned paper. I asked her...
View ArticleA graduate degree and still taking baby steps. It happens. And that’s okay.
I can run three miles in 30 minutes. On a good day, I can run it in about 28. People think that’s really cool. I let them because I think it’s cool too. Okay, mostly I think it’s hot, sweaty, and...
View ArticleOne hour, 500 words: The sweet, funny, and weird ways my students remember me
My first experience with teachers was not a great one. When I was younger, I used to make weird sounds and one was a deep-throated growl. It would have been scary if I wasn’t just a few feet tall with...
View ArticleMy first semester without semesters
I didn’t teach this semester. There were no students. No lesson plans. No papers to grade. It’s funny though. I still measure my life in semesters. The academic calendar conveniently parses time into...
View ArticleThank you teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary. You are what teachers do.
I’ll admit I’m part of the problem. Sorry, guy who said wrote this truth bomb that was later mistakenly attributed to Morgan Freeman and passed around Facebook. I’m one of those terrible people you...
View Article2012: A wild, wacky year for Red Lips and Academics
When I lit a sparkler a few minutes before midnight on last New Year’s Eve, I had no idea what was in store for me in the coming year. 2012 can’t be summed up in just one word or one emotion or one...
View ArticleFinding your Chris Hemsworth of words and declaring it your imperfect year
I’ve been using Susannah Conway’s Unravelling the Year Ahead workbook, which was mentioned in the last post, to help me define my goals for 2013. She’s all about choosing one word (and only one word....
View ArticleThe January Recap: brought to you by magical scientists, ridiculous research,...
Welcome to my first monthly recap! One of my goals is to hold myself more accountable this year in all areas of my life, and making sure I’m staying focused with blogging is a big part of that. I’m...
View ArticleHow to unbreak your heart after leaving academia
I have a love/hate relationship with academia. Or more like a love/obsess/cuddle/hate/cry/curse relationship with academia. It’s what I love, but I had a hard time not losing myself in it. When I...
View ArticleI’m an academic, and I’m starting a business. God help us all.
The first career I ever wanted was a children’s book author. I declared my intentions in scrawly letters to my fifth-grade teacher. I wrote that I wanted to be “awesome” like R.L. Stine or Judy Blume,...
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