wondering where all the dust comes from

Labor Day and the Election of 2012: It’s Inequality, Stupid

2012-09-03T14:02:00.001-04:00

Labor Day and the Election of 2012: It’s Inequality, Stupid

Nostalgia.....

2012-08-18T19:38:00.000-04:00

Remember Sky Bars?

"Sky Bars were first introduced in 1937 by Necco, the makers of Necco Wafers. It was the first molded chocolate bar with 4 distinctly different centers. Each bar consists of four milk chocolate-enrobed sections each with an interior of caramel, vanilla, peanut or fudge. Sky Bars were first announced to the public by means of a sky-writing campaign which was a rather dramatic way to introduce a product in the 1930s."

www.oldtimecandy.com/skybar.htm

2012-08-17T22:28:00.001-04:00

Follow'>http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3963260/?claim=74v2zpp5aam">Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Check out this new blog!

2012-05-28T01:09:00.002-04:00

So proud of my former student, Carolina James, who is blogging about her research.

Follow Carolina at https://plus.google.com/113073043366590508045/posts/EZChDpTbCD3

Read this! "you have been here sometime: a conversation with Brian Ferry"

2012-04-13T10:10:00.002-04:00

I've mentioned before that I'm a huge fan of Brian Ferry's blog, the blue hour, and of his photography in general. Now Brian has a show coming up at Standard Goods in Los Angeles, and there is a wonderful interview with Brian about his work over at the blog you have been here sometime . Hmmm...interesting blog name - not feeling self-conscious anymore about "wondering where all the dust comes from."

St. Patrick's Day

2012-03-17T11:57:00.000-04:00

Enjoy Salon's evocative slide show by David Creedon on abandoned Irish homes, and the story that goes with it.

How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper? - The Atlantic

2012-03-09T08:27:00.001-05:00

How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper? - The Atlantic

I wonder how it's done in Chicago style?

I recommend....

2012-02-28T10:15:00.000-05:00

Girls in a Tight Place , eclectic blog featuring my friend Kim Sillen Gledhill as yesterday's guest blogger. And don't forget to check out Kim's fascinating memoir Seeing in the Dark.

Working in the Knowledge Factory

2012-02-20T10:24:00.001-05:00

Is it true that "critical university studies has succeeded literary theory as a nexus of intellectual energy"? as Jeffrey J. Williams Jeffrey J. Williams asserts in today's Chronicle of Higher Education?

It's a timely idea. Even 20+ years ago, when I first began teaching as an adjunct at UConn-Stamford, meaning, of course, English Comp and introductory lit courses, I saw a change in the students and in the whole university experience in general. My university days consisted of 15 credits per semester, to ensure graduation in four years, and 15 hours of work per week. Today, students work 40 hours per week, yet squeeze in at least 12 credits per semester--and I've even seen students attempt up to 21 credits, which, as an advisor, I refused to sign off. How do they do it? They don't. But that's a blog for another day.

You might say I was lucky: despite the fact that I was the first in my family to go to college, and came from a blue collar background, I received a modest scholarship upon high school graduation, always found 15 hours of on-campus employment, and once actually got some financial aid consideration from the state of New Jersey, when I was granted relief from a proposed tuition increase--over the $400 per year in-state full tuition cost at Rutgers University. Yes, you read that correctly.

Up to this point, I'd received no federal, state, or university financial aid at all, despite the fact that my father, as a police officer, earned only $14,000 per year to support a family of four. Most importantly, I graduated debt-free.

Just about everything has changed for today's students. The idea of reading a book under a leafy tree on the campus green is about as quaint as the image of Wordworth wandering through the Lake District, composing his poems aloud, then returning to Dove Cottage to have Dorothy transcribe them.

And on film.....

2012-02-18T12:09:00.000-05:00

Flavorwire has a great feature on 10 young filmmakers, complete with clips.

More Blogs I Love...

2012-02-18T12:05:00.000-05:00

For some reason, most of the blogs I follow tend to be photography: I just found Moby's photos of unusual houses in LA.

A solution to academic brainfreeze

2012-01-21T11:41:00.001-05:00

Working, not thinking.

Blogs I love...

2012-01-21T10:36:00.000-05:00

OK, try as I might to switch over to the new blog, BlogginginPlace, at Wordpress, this one keeps calling me back. So, I'm going to go ahead and mention some blogs that absolutely fascinate me. Today, I am loving the ruined Polaroids at William Miller's website.

But I also regularly follow Brian Ferry's the blue hour over at Wordpress, as well as Jon Crispin's Projects, especially the Willard suitcases series.

Maybe this is a sign I should move away from writing and toward more visual representations?

Scholar Meets Blogger

2012-01-04T11:15:00.001-05:00

Andrea Doucet, of Brock University, explores the mysteries of blogging in this article, in which most of my doubts were clarified.

New Blog @ Wordpress

2011-12-12T11:51:00.000-05:00

I'm happy here at blogspot, but for a professional assignment, I've created a second blog at

http://blogginginplace.wordpress.com/

Mainly, I wanted to claim the domain name--wonderwhereallthedustcomesfrom is meaningful to me (and a few others who recognize it), but probably doesn't make sense to most people, and is long and clumsy.

"Blogginginplace" is catchier, and is the name of a workshop I'll be teaching at the William Paterson University Spring Writers' Conference. 2012 schedule isn't up yet, but conference director Timothy Liu will have it in print soon. (NB: I'm uncomfortable and fully aware of the irony of linking to Wikipedia's page on Tim, but it was the most up-to-date).

What if we just ask ourselves....

2011-11-10T13:57:00.000-05:00

What if you took on a challenge? What if you cleared the clutter from your desk? What if you went outside for a brisk walk? What if you quit your job and headed for southeast Asia with nothing but a small backpack? What if you started a blog about your biggest passion? What if you decided to paint a picture or snap a photograph every single day for the next month? What if you did 5 minutes of yoga each morning? What if you tossed out your to-do list and only did 1 important thing each day before doing the less important tasks? What if you proposed your dream project to your boss? What if you stopped asking permission and just started doing what you’ve been wanting to do? What if your life was a blank slate and you could fill it with only the things you love? What if you could change someone else’s life? What if you tossed out all your excuses? What if you were grateful for what you have, instead of complaining about what you don’t have? What if you tossed out your goals? What if you let go of your expectations? What if you got rid of everything you had?

Thanks to Leo Barbuta
full post at
http://zenhabits.net/rut/

Only in Miami

2011-11-07T08:31:00.000-05:00

Yet another great photo website - but with a totally different aesthetic....

http://www.urepauthentic.com/Locals/OnlyInMiami

Too beautiful to describe...

2011-11-03T09:45:00.000-04:00

I found this incredible story on NPR, which tells of photographer Jon Crispin and his project to document things left behind, in this case, old suitcases abandoned when New York State
asylums closed. He has other fascinating projects, too, such as his series on prisons.

And since the article below discusses . . .

2011-09-14T10:47:00.000-04:00

Jonathan Lethem's essay, I'll just post a link to that too.

http://harpers.org/archive/2007/02/0081387

The way we write now

2011-09-14T10:43:00.002-04:00

Maybe it's this: I'll just post the link, and write nothing at all.

http://chronicle.com/article/Uncreative-Writing/128908/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

New Webpage

2011-08-29T10:51:00.000-04:00

You can now find me @ http://independent.academia.edu/JudithBroome

More stuff I love...

2011-07-15T09:50:00.000-04:00

I have to say Braniff is overrepresented here.....but who doesn't love the Gucci bubble helmet?

Things I love to know...

2011-07-15T09:45:00.000-04:00

http://flavorwire.com/193101/weird-writing-habits-of-famous-authors

as if knowing this will overcome my writer's block.....

In our own backyards...

2011-02-08T08:37:00.002-05:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/sex-trafficking-super-bowl_b_816618.html

Amazon.com: Sorel Women's Cate The Great Snowboot: Shoes

2011-02-07T12:51:00.000-05:00

Amazon.com: Sorel Women's Cate The Great Snowboot: Shoes