The Wormlips Scrapbook

It finally happened. I was on Hogback Mountain shopping for Vermont things. I took my items to the cashier. The cashier asked, “Will you be using your senior discount?” “No,” I replied firmly, snapping my SIT ID on the counter. “As you can see, I am a student.” From there we descended three floors into [...]

Yesterday I had a lovely day getting my hair dyed and cut, and eating lunch with the few people who remained on campus, and meeting for an hour-plus with Bev, one of my professors who was incredibly helpful to my confused self, and going home and doing homework. And then Dena came by and we [...]

Yesterday was my day to tutor my Bhutanese refugee. Before the lesson I met her at Oakland’s annual Refugee Day, an occasion I’d not known existed. Here’s a picture of her with her granddaughter. One granddaughter. Many granddaughters. During part of the day’s ESL instruction we worked with singular and plural. I spontaneously flew around [...]