I am very much looking forward to Donald Hall’s reading at the University of Michigan on Dec. 1st.
I’ve been reading his memoir Unpacking the Boxes and want to share what he wrote about teaching composition at the University of Michigan.
When I took the Michigan job, I made it a condition that I teach no [...]
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Donald Hall on Teaching Composition
Posted in Ann Arbor, Personalized Wedding Poems and Writing, tagged donald hall, Michigan, reading, teaching, teaching composition, teaching writing, university of michigan, unpacking the boxes on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
La Bella Vita – here in Ann Arbor!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, Italian language and culture, tagged dante alighieri society, italian classes, italian conversation partner, italian film festival, italian resources, italian tribune, italian tutor, italians in ann arbor, italians in detroit, italians in michigan, learn italian, paesano's restaurant, rec and ed, silvios pizzeria, study italian, university of michigan on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I teach Italian through Ann Arbor’s Rec and Ed program. Next semester I will be teaching Italian I and Italian II on Wednesday evenings. Recently, students have been asking me for more local resources. I thought I’d share a few with you:
The Dante Alighieri Society offers children’s language classes and various events, like an annual [...]
Cooking and Eating for a Good Cause: Raising Money for the Greenview Hepatitis C Fund
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, Personalized Wedding Poems and Writing, tagged charity writing, cookbook, Cooking, food writing, greenview hepatitis C fund, hepatitis C, raise money, research money, university of michigan, writing on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Debbie Green is calling for recipes and tasters for a second cookbook to support the Greenview Hepatitis C Fund, a nonprofit. The Fund raises money for Hepatitis C research at the University of Michigan.
As avid writers and chefs, I thought I’d share this with you.
The cookbook will focus on special diets (think: allergies, glutton free, [...]
Reading at Sweetwaters in A2 on Tuesday, November 17th
Posted in Ann Arbor, In the News, Personalized Wedding Poems and Writing, tagged Ann Arbor, Chloe Miller, chloe yelena miller, chris lord, esther hurwitz, Michigan, poetry ann arbor, poetry michigan, poetry reading, reading, sweetwaters, writers reading at sweetwaters on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I will be reading at Sweetwaters as a part of the Writers Reading at Sweetwaters series on Tuesday, November 17th at 7 pm. The room is a bit small, so please arrive early for a seat. Don’t forget to bring work to share at the open mike.
The reading is hosted by the lovely Chris Lord [...]
Kelsey Museum Opening
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We attended the opening of the Kelsey Museum of Archeology at the University of Michigan opening yesterday.
As an art lover, I was happy to see that it was crowded with guests of all ages. The museum has an amazing collection, from the largest collection of Latin inscriptions in the west to a beautiful and accurate [...]
Boo!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Holiday on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Halloween! My husband and I had fun dressing up like a bride and groom for a Halloween party last night. With my veil and his bowtie, we joked that perhaps we had more bride/groom accessories than we did when we got married a few weeks ago!
Dinner in a Meat Market? Yes!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, tagged Ann Arbor, cannolis, cook, Cooking, eating, epicurious, farmer's market, feast, food, host, kerrytown, polenta, pork, pumpkin, recipe, sparrow meat market on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sparrow Meat Market in Kerrytown (Ann Arbor) hosts a semi-secret monthly feast. They take over the supermarket and Sweetwaters Café area with long tables covered in white tablecloths. They serve multi-course meals and guests share their BYOB wine with each other. The entire complex is closed except to those who made a phone reservation and [...]
Countdown: (4) Family History: Ideas for Collecting & Assembling @ UM
Posted in Ann Arbor, Countdown, Personalized Wedding Poems and Writing, tagged connecting the dots, conte, family history, Family History: Ideas for Collecting and Assembling, hr department, italian emmigration, italian-americans, italy, melabee m miller, melabee miller, narrative poetry, narrative writing, oral history, poetry, rec & ed, university of michigan, work/life resource center on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While there are only four days left before the wedding (and we fly to New Jersey tomorrow), I’m taking a break from all-things-wedding to present “Family History: Ideas for Collecting & Assembling” at the University of Michigan’s Work/Life Resource Center’s 4th annual event on work/life issues. The title of this year’s conference is Connecting the [...]
Countdown: (6) Cake and a well-balanced life
Posted in Ann Arbor, Countdown, Wedding Cake, tagged Ann Arbor, cake, meri lou murray recreation center, pre wedding diet, theresa ramirez, washtenaw county gym, Wedding Cake, wedding diet on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My fiancé and I were surprised yesterday by a cake celebrating our upcoming marriage at a potluck dinner for his program. Theresa Ramirez, a pastry chef whose wedding cakes you might remember reading about here, made this beautiful and delicious cake. Thank you so much, Theresa!
Even though I’m on the inevitable pre-wedding diet that I tried [...]
Countdown: (7) Rochester Writers’ Conference
Posted in Ann Arbor, Countdown, Personalized Wedding Poems and Writing, tagged chloe yelena miller, rochester writers conference, pim, make money with your writing, thinking outside the box on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am presenting at the Rochester Writer’s Conference.
Brainstorming, Work, and Creativity: Thinking Outside of the Box
Right brained or left, it doesn’t matter – being creative is essential in the current economy. Access your inner poet and your muse with poet and entrepreneur, Chloe Miller, who will lead a discussion of how to connect [...]
