https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1 daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1587949060484-M2BHNE8KQWF9T3LYVWIJ/IMG_0004.jpg Blog https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/on-the-market-first-anniversary-minus-the-gifts monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/195ffe18-7a0c-4ae7-bca7-47b4a1640831/steve-johnson-lPX6-ee-1zU-unsplash.jpg Blog - On the Market: First Anniversary, Minus the Gifts - Make it stand out Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/on-the-end-of-a-journal-i-loved monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/79b7f49f-c071-4379-9f23-6066f42eb09f/Screenshot+2025-12-03+at+10.54.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - On the end of a journal I loved - Make it stand out Photo by James Lee on Unsplash. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/on-the-market-the-one-shot-version monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1590631698526-S4GDHXH0SBXAHL2X9OJ3/Jan+6+Clouds.jpg Blog - On the Market: The One-Shot Version - Make it stand out Exit wounds from a place I can’t help but love even if I don’t like it very much at the moment. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/on-closing-this-series-for-now monthly 0.5 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/621ee2d4-11c5-4470-b09e-e3225322494b/Pony+Boy+Skies.jpg Blog - On closing this series (for now) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/when-you-parallel-the-path-of-your-graduates monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/5e949ac4-7eb0-460d-9fc3-63ee7ef22897/Beasley+Sunset.jpg Blog - When you parallel the path of your graduates… - Make it stand out Nature’s first green is gold. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/career-transitions-of-a-certain-age monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/489e2a35-a3e3-4122-b022-c82764db6b98/BW+Clouds.jpg Blog - Career transitions of a certain age - Make it stand out Looking back is looking forward. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/telling-your-story-to-people-who-dont-get-it monthly 0.5 2025-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/75ee099a-e37c-4b34-82f6-babb04056310/Crack+Street.jpg Blog - Telling your story to people who don’t get it - Make it stand out Sometimes being on the job market is like being on the real estate market. “No, really, he’s beautiful inside! 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A football game, lunch with the family, or wandering the aisles of Home Depot while he found a new tool he’d justified buying by starting a new project, whatever we did was a chance to laugh and talk about whatever was on our minds. My first Father’s Day without him has me missing the ease of it all. The love of it all. The normalcy of that love and ease. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/3bgrh310ci37ckpe5p0vow2yp4wlzl monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/54502e1e-e750-4804-9c59-e79f8731f430/Despair.jpg Blog - Again. - Make it stand out Photo by Hoach Le Dinh on Unsplash https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/publication-day-imaginative-teaching-through-creative-writing monthly 0.5 2021-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1616634579653-W7WXPR41UT1QNE3MXURI/Imaginative+Cover.jpg Blog - Publication Day: Imaginative Teaching Through Creative Writing Here it is! You can find it here online. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/57yobvbcfrvfw74mb9eh0lzk24a921 monthly 0.5 2021-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1613672587742-UXWTBC0E2K4OUEYQD4MN/Exit.jpg Blog - Threats, idle… Image Photo by Kev Seto on Unsplash https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/on-books-the-system-by-ryan-gattis monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1611956916902-RDCJZ82VIZH193ZE1YUM/The+System.jpeg Blog - On books: The System by Ryan Gattis Buy this book. No, seriously, here’s the link. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/a-farewell-note monthly 0.5 2021-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1611954197384-F0Y26OTKHV1QKS26UGWH/adi-goldstein-K087ZQJMxn0-unsplash.jpg Blog - A farewell note… Photo by Adi Goldstein on Unsplash https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/aiaie5kz7z95fr988xune2azt2wi6i monthly 0.5 2020-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1606720131544-SUEZ1YR67SITEOQLY6B9/Subtle+Man.jpg Blog - Books — Subtle Man Loses His Day Job and Other Stories https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/6fqzm6in5wapn31sksgjhlqboi69is monthly 0.5 2020-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1604256139786-4UKACTSYRZRVTOFL4R6S/steve-houghton-burnett-Ak63QkdaGsU-unsplash.jpg Blog - *Ours* is no certainty Photo by Steve Houghton-Burnett on Unsplash https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/closing-time monthly 0.5 2020-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592342859071-RI6W16HHI3OGZ3X18XQL/Sunset+on+Sabbatical.JPG Blog - Closing time Sunset on the sabbatical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592342974410-SLCKBUAHCH8U1F22MFBR/Grip+Cover.JPG Blog - Closing time Putting a title on a long-form project for the first time in years was a bit daunting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592343213929-9I8HQ5R56JAZEZSME9IP/Other+Journal+Cover.JPG Blog - Closing time My essay “Eulogies for Those Who Haven’t Left” was republished in The Other Journal’s print edition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592343313301-T6VIUN0AP76HX451TSAH/Coaching+Small.JPG Blog - Closing time Speaking of the scope of it all, one of the most rewarding projects of my sabbatical was coaching a team of 6-8 year old basketball players. They were phenomenal and I, despite my misgivings about working with kids that young, drew so much joy from the experience. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/the-downside-of-down-time monthly 0.5 2020-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592341808630-1L46UU2ZI5SQC5SO67FS/Sabbatical+Bench.jpg Blog - The downside of down time Turns out this joke photo I posted at the beginning of sabbatical is actually the way some people assumed the time would go for me. It’s like they don’t know me at all… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592341994406-WKIL36M0KPXKIL0Q6HG7/Depressed+Face.JPG Blog - The downside of down time I took this picture in the middle of the worst of that season. Looking at it now, it shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592342098937-NGRJ821O74UDS7LH7BTI/Depressed+Outside.JPG Blog - The downside of down time Early sabbatical was a gray period, inside and out. The view from where I did most of my writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592342277030-HYLW73QMGW9JJ2U1CPRJ/Forgive+Secrets.JPG Blog - The downside of down time Writing this here is part of this process for me, https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/dissecting-shakespeares-dogfish monthly 0.5 2020-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592339498367-32HLOVHORWKY1LMKUFPD/Shakespeare%27s+Dog.png Blog - Dissecting “Shakespeare’s dogfish” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592339138517-XP86NBVPOJU90H5KMM06/Thinking+CW.JPG Blog - Dissecting “Shakespeare’s dogfish” https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/rejections-an-acceptance-and-reminders monthly 0.5 2020-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592338155226-KOKSSSP488FV9ZQO3BF7/Best+Thing.JPG Blog - Rejections, an acceptance, and reminders Check out the full version of my story here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592338372738-WKWZ3DPVB772D69G9N4K/Best+Thing+Tweet.png Blog - Rejections, an acceptance, and reminders https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-the-irreversible-sun monthly 0.5 2020-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591891636395-Z2N4X5XSK5IB06CCAI6I/Irreversible+Sun.jpg Blog - Books — The Irreversible Sun https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/one-or-two-perfect-episodeswell-now-three monthly 0.5 2020-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592337482981-I5JIBOC70ZBBOYNHG3AG/One+Perfect.JPG Blog - One (or two) perfect episodes…well, now three… Check out my take on the perfect episode of one of my childhood favorites here. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-paintings-that-look-like-things monthly 0.5 2020-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591890977531-U5FFLY334W0AJ7MUQXJF/Paintings+Look.jpg Blog - Books — Paintings that Look Like Things https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/disruption-of-the-best-kind monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592336473257-0OMROD61HGNSYQ8SZB19/Disruptive+Cover.PNG Blog - “Disruption” of the best kind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592336515387-YJINUN7I770ESNCKPZGC/Sabbatical+Bench.jpg Blog - “Disruption” of the best kind I jokingly posted this on the first day of sabbatical. Secretly, though, I kinda hoped for a little more of this than the first month provided me. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/id-say-justwrite-the-damn-story monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592339805920-NR51AETQ5I82341G2XH4/Gattis+Convo.JPG Blog - “I’d say just…write the damn story.” Author Ryan Gattis and I, back a few years, talking about his book All Involved. We don’t generally use microphones to talk to each other when we get together these days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592340953788-CJIV89QNP8CMAIWCSUKQ/Conspiracy+Charlie.jpg Blog - “I’d say just…write the damn story.” https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-talk-to-me-how-to-ask-better-questions-get-better-answers-and-interview-anyone-like-a-pro monthly 0.5 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591851266897-XY78PM0RTTUIOZQTEIK8/Talk+To+Me.jpg Blog - Books — Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/emimaginative-teachingem-considerable-planning monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592335707687-NUR6WF343V21GRC93O2E/Edit+Pencils.jpg Blog - <em>Imaginative Teaching</em>, considerable planning Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-little-faith monthly 0.5 2020-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591850645553-RPX2TB1MYJAVLD1MSDVF/Little+Faith.jpg Blog - Books — Little Faith https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/another-former-student-another-first-book monthly 0.5 2020-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592262307028-H1UY1TY90E1P9IGPESGD/Sacred+Art.jpg Blog - Another former student, another first book This book is gorgeous and nails every one of the characters it centers on the page. You can find it here. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-collaborative-worldbuilding-for-writers-and-gamers monthly 0.5 2020-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591850152998-DF8369SMFXQ36SMAXKFV/Collborative+World.jpg Blog - Books — Collaborative Worldbuilding for Writers and Gamers https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/im-editing-a-book-im-editing-a-book monthly 0.5 2020-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592260558830-Y98T1S6EHBEN02IOYI1X/BWNAL.JPG Blog - I’m editing a book? I’m editing a book. In many ways, I watched this book grow up. And now that it’s out, it should be on your shelves. Find it here and read it as soon as you can. It matters that much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592334392412-EHOZJ53QS71SAD5O40Y7/Kat+Book+Launch.JPG Blog - I’m editing a book? I’m editing a book. Kathryn and I at her book launch, an event I was honored to help facilitate. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-house-of-broken-angels monthly 0.5 2020-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591849099374-B32PRN5L1RYOH1J6CZXD/Broken+Angels.jpg Blog - Books — House of Broken Angels https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/one-project-fails-another-begins monthly 0.5 2020-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592259594912-EWGVWFB1A9S70I6JKZRT/Top+SD+Street.JPG Blog - One project fails, another begins You may recognize this picture from the front page of my blog. This is facing west toward Mission Bay in the end, the sun piercing the clouds in the same moments a long bout of depression lifted for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592259631625-PLJD705XFPUPGEYZGWB9/Top+163.JPG Blog - One project fails, another begins San Diego’s 163 Freeway, in a rare moment of open road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592259653649-BF6N4PRYX936Y4V7LGYE/Unstable+Cliffs.JPG Blog - One project fails, another begins The view from Sunset Cliffs. To think, I used to drive past this view almost daily on the way home from work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592259680721-RFOZHULC2FOYVWDZXJRJ/Top+Mural.JPG Blog - One project fails, another begins Street art meets commerce on University in Hillcrest. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/243iyz45ay5rkcgca89pechmxrr1nl monthly 0.5 2020-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1593901127624-40MI4H5DKBVTYMC3H7YK/Honduras+Desk Blog - 20-15-10 Photo by Carli Jeen on Unsplash https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-a-strangers-journey-race-identity-and-narrative-craft-in-writing monthly 0.5 2020-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591847751808-ZXMYIZUACBKJWIWZJ7K6/A+Strangers+Journey.jpg Blog - Books — A Stranger’s Journey: Race, Identity, and Narrative Craft in Writing https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/injuries-meaning-and-grafted-essays monthly 0.5 2020-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591894295331-N3IVQKOPI54FWI8NLAWW/Where+the+light+shines+through.JPG Blog - Injuries, Meaning, and Grafted Essays If trying to understand our lives is this cloud, the hole where the light shines through is so often opened up by the injuries we experience along the way. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-heavy monthly 0.5 2020-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591838544718-HIKPYOWLTYM0L3Z2CT1V/Heavy.jpg Blog - Books — Heavy https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/you-mean-i-have-to-go-to-san-diego-for-research monthly 0.5 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591892698474-008ELVZ9HAOLNNTVF339/Sunset+Cliffs.JPG Blog - You mean I HAVE to go to San Diego for research? As far as locations that need to be studied go, the hometown is not half bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591892812740-OI4ATFI1AODCW3Q4QV0G/Top+Meadery.JPG Blog - You mean I HAVE to go to San Diego for research? A key location in my manuscript, in reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591892903857-2G03MKCNUGFZ7LLO74ZC/Street+Art+Inspo.JPG Blog - You mean I HAVE to go to San Diego for research? Part of a Hillcrest mural that made it onto the page in a later draft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591893016972-AI8U4E2V1LM1D11X3K57/Mute+Chart.JPG Blog - You mean I HAVE to go to San Diego for research? With 12 separate first-person perspectives and a shared narrative that absents it’s central figure, some of those charts got complicated pretty quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591893173460-MZPA5V3AYEXWUC0BROLM/Hillcrest+Map.jpg Blog - You mean I HAVE to go to San Diego for research? An early map of the neighborhood where most of the story takes place. Sure, I could have used Maps and dropped pins in various locations. Sure, most of these details have changed. Sure, this is evidence of why I’m not a visual artist. But I wanted a sense of co-creation in these notes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591893535397-7D02XQEN1CM2QNKHY179/Art+Space+Diagram.jpg Blog - You mean I HAVE to go to San Diego for research? Graphing paper was really helpful in picturing the exact size and spacing of an important location in the story. This is one of 24 charts of the space I made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591893400821-UO0O4A3N33EX9U7KZLXY/SD+Researcher.JPG Blog - You mean I HAVE to go to San Diego for research? From one of my walking tours of the neighborhood, this seemed like the cliched thing to do. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-an-american-marriage monthly 0.5 2020-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591835516744-KXGWPQ0K23M40ZP6L0EW/American+Marriage.jpg Blog - Books — An American Marriage https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/a-novel-concept-that-needs-to-be-a-novel monthly 0.5 2020-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591834601402-FUSZHO5UBL577TY9CELY/Coffee+Chart.JPG Blog - A novel concept that needs to be a novel One of many charts and diagrams I’ve created over the years trying to get an handle on this novel. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/or-so-the-song-goes monthly 0.5 2020-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1592248835508-DTB3X449EK0READTS7VW/Music+Listen+To.jpeg Blog - Or so the song goes. Photo by Mohammad Metri on Unsplash https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/books-im-still-here-black-dignity-in-a-world-still-made-for-whiteness monthly 0.5 2020-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591833581864-YJRVU6IF30K8US1WKLMZ/I%27m+Still+Here.jpeg Blog - Books — I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Still Made for Whiteness https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/so-you-got-want-you-wanted monthly 0.5 2020-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591832370802-SAQ8AC93Y6SFIMRNJROU/Sabbatical+Calendar.jpg Blog - “So you got want you wanted…” At the beginning of my sabbatical, I laid out this daily calendar and filled my days with plans for what would do. Let’s just say that was a touch optimistic. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/on-small-towns-protests-and-backs-turned monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1591641842543-3DK85C2WYP8FXJP882CG/BLM+Pic.jpg Blog - On small towns, protests, and backs turned Photo by TVBEATS on Unsplash https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/new-digs monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1590516620457-VDZVRAOIJX0SDNM48BNW/Yosemite+Camp.JPG Blog - New Digs New home for the old blog and it feels…spacious. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/a-star-is-mourned-his-name-was-kobe monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589335727447-CHRVR61MEAMO3529ZTFF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A star is mourned; His name was Kobe Photo by Lerone Pieters on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589335893377-KFO901EXRW6FDRQIWMEX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A star is mourned; His name was Kobe Photo by Marcel Schreiber on Unsplash https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/coaching-small monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589335187888-ARP2EGRL94522RKA5WLF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Coaching Small Did I mention that coaching these kids made me feel a bit like the Jolly Green? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589335252145-OSM5Z6R43P1CHNMLWFO1/team-phote.jpg Blog - Coaching Small My team. Faces blurred to protect the innocent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589335301274-H1T6SDABXOHB31P5TASN/judah-shot.jpg Blog - Coaching Small I love the way my kid shoots like a full-body shudder, tongue out, and zero doubt he should be taking the shot. Would that we all had his confidence with the ball in our hands. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/top-shots-may-29 monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589334349278-HGZVHQETV15A6N70GVN6/work-product.jpg Blog - Top Shots: May 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589334402551-OXVTTINDIHKT5NNYP6Q1/sunset-cliffs.jpg Blog - Top Shots: May 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589334455889-7O7ZW6ZAN4Q66LSV0OKZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Top Shots: May 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589334491599-EC7BER662ZBHAP6ABOLV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Top Shots: May 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589334515572-92OZQSQNVPX2ASV6T8CJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Top Shots: May 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1589334621918-B1AY43KR490JRIG2MYV3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 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For more information, visit here. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/others-significant monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588811641619-81J2UHSUG1CD65ZCQZDQ/greekun.jpg Blog - Others, significant Here is an unfiltered shot of our campus amphitheater, The Greek. Like most first drafts, it has promise but needs some work to reproduce what I saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588811723664-N164G4Q3UGTVHKDQLUT3/greekalt.jpg Blog - Others, significant And here's an altered version of the original that went through several digital drafts to finally approximate the colors and the contrast my limited human eyes saw as I walked to my car at the end of the day. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/labor-pains monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588811351847-0YTR1CZK4LAO2UAC9GT3/burnttreehare.jpg Blog - Labor Pains This is another entry regarding the student-driven hybrid fiction course I’m piloting at the moment that is testing both my notions of teaching and my students’ understanding of how the classroom is supposed to look. From time to time, I’ll reflect here on what I’m learning along the way. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/the-great-ones-punch-in-combinations monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588811028580-M9400UNIXUH7EDQCHLNN/symptalese.jpg Blog - The Great Ones Punch in Combinations In his writing and his clothes, Talese is all about the details. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/a-note-onwriting-that-is-personal monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588809934228-SI2LC3V5SZ51HMVAZKCX/deannelson.png Blog - A Note On...Writing That Is Personal Dean Nelson, in his familiar position interviewing guests at the annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/of-books-and-lives-uncovered monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588809526856-WYKEE9Y8JD7ZAOCX3IZ1/beach+dude.jpg Blog - Of books, and lives, uncovered. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/on-being-a-soul-in-transit monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588809290819-V2555573K52E3Y3HC6YQ/switchfootandrobmachado.jpg Blog - On being "a soul in transit" A shot from last night's concert off of Switchfoot's Facebook page. Pictured are Jon and Tim Foreman, pro surfer and guy I grew up around, Rob Machado, and my old friend Drew Shirley. Check out the band at https://www.facebook.com/switchfoot https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/if-you-build-the-house-you-should-get-the-keys monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588808973756-8GJENPBPGZB5JHJZO546/hybridboard.jpg Blog - If You Build the House, You Should Get the Keys As technology dependent as my new class is, some groups still return to the classics - in this case, a chalk board - when planning their next week's story lines and concerns. 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He would classify his readings earlier in his career as performance art. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/friday-fiction monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588807857462-5LNSNLU0IOQBTW4LGG6V/campingipad.jpg Blog - Friday Fiction - That's me, writing in the middle of the day on a family camping trip this summer. I'm not sure it was Friday, but on vacation, I feel like every day is Friday, so I'm calling it one. Also, the sippy cup is not mine, I swear... https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/murder-was-the-case-they-gave-them monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/the-show-must-go-on-without-me monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588806882113-F3KEE50LJS0QIBDOBPYV/park.jpg Blog - The Show Must Go On (Without Me) This is another entry regarding the student-driven hybrid fiction course I’m piloting at the moment that is testing both my notions of teaching and my students’ understanding of how the classroom is supposed to look. From time to time, I’ll reflect here on what I’m learning along the way. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/more-now-because-of-how-much-this-hurts-her monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588806434848-W615PQYWF1AHYNZ6LZGA/fire.jpg Blog - more now because of how much this hurts her - The following is an unpublished piece of fiction I wrote for a project I've since shelved. Enjoy. https://michaeldeanclark.com/blog-1/a-note-onwriting-that-surprises-us monthly 0.5 2020-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea0cb3db70c1e2edb05059d/1588726399381-2XEQST239N1LPZXV7820/typewriter.jpg Blog - A Note On...Writing That Surprises Us One of the regular features of my blog is the "A Note On..." series in which I ask writers I know or hope to know to blog about lessons they've learned about writing, the creative life, or just general topics they have an interesting insight into. 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