Day 69 -- Helping at the Writing Center

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."
---John Cotton Dana

Today I volunteered at the Writing Center at Whitman. It was quiet there, and the only student who needed help was working on a paper about Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms." Fortunately there was a teacher there to help, as I alone would be pretty useless with that book.

I read it long ago, but am not up on it enough to help someone write about it's themes or about the characters. Just listening to the discussion made me realize that I really need to someday take a refresher class in American literature at a local college or on a family trip to Chautauqua. It would be so cool to make literary references, or to understand more of them when others make them!

I also spent some time getting ready for the Writer's Group meeting at my house tomorrow. Nothing fancy to prepare, but as usualy with entertaining I did need to do a basic cleanup and get the food. It's always fun having that group here or meeting elsewhere for it, as we talk "shop" about freelance writing - the pros/cons/challenges and more. Sort of like talking to colleagues at the office I suppose, only for those of us who work from home we have to settle for once a month of that! Will let you know how it goes...at least my house doesn't look like a hurricane hit it...