Diamondsandtoads
- Location
- Goshen, Indiana, US
- Birthday
- February 12
- Bio
- I'm a college writing teacher in Indiana. I've been teaching classes on fairy tales and writing about them for several years. The study, art and history of fairy tales has become a small passion of mine.
I also write a weekly column on home, gardening and family called "Making Home Work." It runs in a small weekly newspaper that is read primarily by people in rural areas.
I have an understanding husband, a lovely daughter, a fine son-in-law and two cats: Chester and Kitty Boy.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Rock the Fairy Realm
July 14, 2009 10:16AM - Morgan Freeman and
'Donkeyskin'
July 10, 2009 01:34PM - Palin Fairy Tale Connection?
July 10, 2009 11:47AM - Fairy Tale Rewrite Contest
June 17, 2009 12:40PM - About Writing Papers
January 29, 2009 01:07PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “You have my total
sympathy. I know someone
very,very well
with a very
disabled ch…”
July 27, 2009 12:16PM - “Oh, me too! Fractured
Fairy tales was a cartoon high
point
for me. Same with
Andr…”
June 17, 2009 01:58PM - “Oh, me too! Fractured
Fairy tales was a cartoon high
point
for me. Same with
Andr…”
June 17, 2009 01:58PM - “The love and frustration
you feel came through
beautifully in
this post.
Mostly t…”
January 29, 2009 01:30PM
Diamondsandtoads's Links
Rock the Fairy Realm
I've posted on this topic before, sometime in the late fall of
2008, but it consumes me. OK, maybe not consume, but anyway, I
think fairy tales and rock music go completely together. They are
subversive, romantic, frequently nasty, objectionable
and totally enjoyable.
Try it. Go beyond the whole Dark… Read full post »
Morgan Freeman and 'Donkeyskin'
Morgan Freeman is a kind of royalty -- the Hollywood kind. He
has presence, success, amazing skills as an actor. He's an Oscar
winner and has the distinction of having worked on
PBS's The Electric
Company and the super-creepy movie Seven. Yep, he's a kind of king.
He's the kind of king… Read full post »
Palin Fairy Tale Connection?
Hhhmmm. Probably not.
But then again, Palin must have felt like some sort of fairy tale
character at times over the last year. What kind of character, I'll
leave for readers to decide. This is definitely NOT a political
blog.
Yet, she wore those "Naughty Monkey" shoes when first we… Read full post »
Fairy Tale Rewrite Contest
'Sleeping Beauty," Revisited -- A Writing Contest!
Starting
July 1, 2009 and ending at midnight, July 31, 2009, I will be
holding a writing contest on my blog, Diamondsandtoads.com.The contest will require writers to retell "Sleeping Beauty" in 1,000 words or less. Entries that are too ear…
About Writing Papers
The following post is focused on writing as it relates to my
current students at IUSB. I hope my friends in
Blogland might somehow find it useful as well.
What to write. What to write. I could feel the tension from my
students last Tuesday night. The urge to worm as… Read full post »
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