Comments for Ms aposiOpesis http://kjolson.edublogs.org Ms O's troupe of tangents, affair of asides, multitude of meanderings, bevy of blatherings. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:18:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Things I Love by JMH http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/10/15/things-i-love/comment-page-1/#comment-63 JMH Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:18:44 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=45#comment-63 Nicely written. It's amazing how many people out there can write, I mean, can WRITE, and yet we're not a society of novelists. Nicely written. It’s amazing how many people out there can write, I mean, can WRITE, and yet we’re not a society of novelists.

]]> Comment on Things I Love by Gette http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/10/15/things-i-love/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Gette Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:04:41 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=45#comment-62 Just awesome. You spent your day far more productively than I. Also: try a flannel earasaid over a flannel chemise. Yummy. Just awesome. You spent your day far more productively than I. Also: try a flannel earasaid over a flannel chemise. Yummy.

]]> Comment on Guest Bloggity Blog by Jodi http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/10/05/guest-bloggity-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Jodi Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:48:22 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=40#comment-61 Yes, thanks so much for the great post, Karla! I will definitely call on you again to fill in for me while I globetrot. In the meantime, I've managed to put together a post about the Lisbon Treaty campaign posters in the Republic of Ireland, and I'm cooking up a post on the famous murals of Belfast. Never thought between those and your Obama's address post that my blog would get so downright political. ;) Yes, thanks so much for the great post, Karla! I will definitely call on you again to fill in for me while I globetrot. In the meantime, I’ve managed to put together a post about the Lisbon Treaty campaign posters in the Republic of Ireland, and I’m cooking up a post on the famous murals of Belfast. Never thought between those and your Obama’s address post that my blog would get so downright political. ;)

]]> Comment on Guest Bloggity Blog by Victoria Sandbrook http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/10/05/guest-bloggity-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Victoria Sandbrook Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:06:07 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=40#comment-60 We were happy to have you, Miss O! Best of luck with everything you've taken on; we'd be happy to have you write for us again! ~Victoria, Editor of <a href="http://blogs.bedfordstmartins.com/highschoolbits" rel="nofollow">High School Bits</a> We were happy to have you, Miss O! Best of luck with everything you’ve taken on; we’d be happy to have you write for us again!

~Victoria, Editor of High School Bits

]]> Comment on Reclaiming, Reintegrating by kjolson http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/07/26/reclaiming-reintegrating/comment-page-1/#comment-59 kjolson Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:27:58 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=39#comment-59 Update 8/7/09: More diagnoses: I have a permanently damaged right retina, and they can do nothing to fix it. I'm reading about possible retinal restoration medications being tested, but nothing right now. I'm trying to be happy that my left eye is unharmed, and work around it. Also, I have spinal disc degeneration L4-L5, and L5-S1. I'm currently going to Physical Therapy three times a week to learn to use different muscles so that the pain is lessened and the mobility is increased. In good news, I'm trying to continue this reintegration, trying to learn to nourish properly and learn to resent less. It's slow going, but at least I'm *going*. :) Update 8/7/09:

More diagnoses: I have a permanently damaged right retina, and they can do nothing to fix it. I’m reading about possible retinal restoration medications being tested, but nothing right now. I’m trying to be happy that my left eye is unharmed, and work around it.

Also, I have spinal disc degeneration L4-L5, and L5-S1. I’m currently going to Physical Therapy three times a week to learn to use different muscles so that the pain is lessened and the mobility is increased.

In good news, I’m trying to continue this reintegration, trying to learn to nourish properly and learn to resent less. It’s slow going, but at least I’m *going*. :)

]]> Comment on He Departs as Air: Bill Holm, 1943-2009 by Aaron Cheadle http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/02/26/he-departs-as-air-bill-holm-1943-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Aaron Cheadle Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:49:00 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=36#comment-58 I first met Bill, my neighbor across the street, when my family was out Christmas caroling. He unexpectedly invited us inside and we found ourselves around his piano singing a few songs together. I was teaching in Marshall and had no idea who he was. Years later, when I left the first time with the Army Reserve for Operation Iraqi Freedom, my neighbors on one side had a sign on the lawn in favor of the war. and my neighbor across the street (Bill) had a sign opposing the war. I could identify with both and took them as a sign of support. When I returned, Bill and I talked about the war around his kitchen table. We saw eye-to-eye on so much of it that it wasn't the interesting discussion you might imagine. I made a resolution when I was gone on that first deployment to connect more deeply with my community. I transferred from the Army Reserve to the MN National Guard and applied for a job at Minneota HS. I also started to ask more questions about the history of the town and heard that Bill had written a bit about Minneota. 10 years after moving to Minneota, I read my first Bill Holm essay. I couldn't believe what I had been missing out on and resolved that no Minneota student should graduate without knowing our home-town literary hero. I created a unit in my American Literature class where the students read a few of Bill's essays and wrote their own Bill-Holm-type essay and invited Bill to come speak to the students. It was a very successful end-of-the-year unit and something I looked forward to every year. I think Bill really appreciated it as well. I was in Iraq when I heard he had died. I realized how much he had come to mean to me and months later I still mourn the loss of our conversations and the chance for Minneota students to meet him. I first met Bill, my neighbor across the street, when my family was out Christmas caroling. He unexpectedly invited us inside and we found ourselves around his piano singing a few songs together. I was teaching in Marshall and had no idea who he was.

Years later, when I left the first time with the Army Reserve for Operation Iraqi Freedom, my neighbors on one side had a sign on the lawn in favor of the war. and my neighbor across the street (Bill) had a sign opposing the war. I could identify with both and took them as a sign of support. When I returned, Bill and I talked about the war around his kitchen table. We saw eye-to-eye on so much of it that it wasn’t the interesting discussion you might imagine.

I made a resolution when I was gone on that first deployment to connect more deeply with my community. I transferred from the Army Reserve to the MN National Guard and applied for a job at Minneota HS. I also started to ask more questions about the history of the town and heard that Bill had written a bit about Minneota. 10 years after moving to Minneota, I read my first Bill Holm essay. I couldn’t believe what I had been missing out on and resolved that no Minneota student should graduate without knowing our home-town literary hero. I created a unit in my American Literature class where the students read a few of Bill’s essays and wrote their own Bill-Holm-type essay and invited Bill to come speak to the students. It was a very successful end-of-the-year unit and something I looked forward to every year. I think Bill really appreciated it as well.

I was in Iraq when I heard he had died. I realized how much he had come to mean to me and months later I still mourn the loss of our conversations and the chance for Minneota students to meet him.

]]> Comment on My Crush on the President by Karen http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/06/05/my-crush-on-the-president/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Karen Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:05:28 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=38#comment-57 Yes! It is a joy to listen to the news and not instantly burn with rage at the ignorance, close-mindedness, and general anti-intellectualism that tainted the last 8 years. Yes! It is a joy to listen to the news and not instantly burn with rage at the ignorance, close-mindedness, and general anti-intellectualism that tainted the last 8 years.

]]> Comment on I by theob http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/i/comment-page-1/#comment-56 theob Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:00:55 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=37#comment-56 P.S. the-0 was here P.S. the-0 was here

]]> Comment on I by theob http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/i/comment-page-1/#comment-55 theob Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:00:03 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=37#comment-55 hey, wou guys made it further than most would dream of, congradulations. hey, wou guys made it further than most would dream of, congradulations.

]]> Comment on He Departs as Air: Bill Holm, 1943-2009 by theob http://kjolson.edublogs.org/2009/02/26/he-departs-as-air-bill-holm-1943-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-54 theob Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:58:14 +0000 http://kjolson.edublogs.org/?p=36#comment-54 the dead are gone, and that is sad. I may be young, but I've seen more than I care to tell, I find that it's best not to dwell on death, think of if that person would want you to dwell on it, or if they'd want you to get on with life. Bill was a good man, writer, and poet, he also was a person like, well, all of us, and he watches from somewhere and smiles. godspeed bill the dead are gone, and that is sad. I may be young, but I’ve seen more than I care to tell, I find that it’s best not to dwell on death, think of if that person would want you to dwell on it, or if they’d want you to get on with life. Bill was a good man, writer, and poet, he also was a person like, well, all of us, and he watches from somewhere and smiles.

godspeed bill

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