I am here in India getting to know Anuja and her family and her country. Tall order. People back home in the United States are going through some serious stuff and I’m only able to call them or text them every so often because of the time difference. Ukraine is at war with Russia. Sri…
Month: March 2022
A Peek at Poetry (The Letter is Delayed)
Plan for the Unexpected, Right? Circumstances have conspired to delay Adam’s latest letter from Bangalore. I’ve seen it already. When we do publish it, I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did. We still want you to have something to read though. So…how about a little poetry talk? National Poetry Month is only…
Women’s History Month: Healing and Anger
Adam and I have often spoken about how one of our goals is to amplify voices that may not be heard. Which kind of obligates us to address the fact that March is Women’s History Month. I’ve had a note in our 2 Rules calendar about Women’s History Month for a while, but it just…
Optimism (Sunday Summary)
The Sunday Summary for the week of 21 March 2022-26 March 2022 has us celebrating a first for the 2 Rules of Writing team and has us looking forward to more new things. This week’s stories are filled with love, hope and even perhaps optimism for the future. New pages have been added to the…
Potential (Caturday Questions)
Little Cat is 17 years old. Things have gotten to the point where he has considered retiring from his job of periodically running away from home and scaring the crap out of Human-Mom. It’s bittersweet. He’s very good at his job. And he obviously loves it. But like so many consummate professionals, he’ll probably retire…
Tropes and Cliches (Watch/Listen/Read)
Adam Writes: Our appearance on the podcast Master of None came out yesterday, and there’s another one on the way in spring or summer. (Well… I’m in Bangalore now, where it’s currently summer. And Erika is in Florida where it’s pretty much always spring or summer. But you get the idea. Details to follow.) I…
Revise, Review, Revisit…and Welcome
Hello World Hello and welcome. And if you’re new here, perhaps you have come to visit after hearing us on the Master of None podcast, we’re glad you’re here. If you haven’t heard the podcast, give it a listen. Adam and Erika had the chance to sit down with Cheryl Woodhouse, who hosts Master of…
Dance Studio and Classroom
The other day, one of my second grade students, Sally, invited me to her seventh birthday party. Be Careful what you Wish For She is young for this grade. Most of the other students are seven turning eight. She actually skipped first grade. And when you think about the pandemic online year she suffered through,…
Tell One Story (Bangalore Letter #2)
I’m learning Telugu, the mother-tongue of Anuja’s family, by attending the lectures of Doctor M. This sentence won’t strike you as funny until you learn that Doctor M is my nickname for my nephew, who is just shy of his fifth birthday. One of the reasons I came to India is to see him. And…
“Rape” is Just a Four-Letter Word
I don’t want to talk about about rape today. Or any day. March 21 is World Poetry Day. I love reading poetry. I love writing poetry. And six of my last seven columns have been on intense topics: Consent, “Don’t Say Gay” laws, criminalizing gender affirmation, Nazis, and Ukraine. I could use a break. We…