A change in events for my dear boy put the brakes on the steam locomotive that was my writing momentum this summer. Writing is too often the thing I say I'll get to when I have time. A recent accident (we're okay) jarred me back to reality: Not writing will not prolong my life. I will not get an extension to my deadline. So, time or no, it's back to the page. School's back in. That's okay. I have commited to writing when my students do. At the very least, I have not given myself permission to stop writing until Winter Break. It's like exercise--you can't wait to make time for it. Either you do or you don't. Hence, I have mixed running quotes in with my writing quotes-to inspire and energize myself as well as my students. In the wise words of one athletic company:
Just Do It.
