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from Notes the Editor My Summer Vacation In More Than 25 Words By Beth Edelstein T-C, 00 sbeth428@aol.com After summer school was over and before fall school started, there was a brief envelope of time where I was able to pretend that I did indeed have a summer vacation. I crammed as much of summer s pleasures as possible into those few short weeks. Reading was high on my list of things to do. The books I should be reading for fall got pushed down to the bottom of the list. This was my time to read what I wanted. My favorite book of the summer was Stephen Vicchio s Pieces of an Examined Life where he collected many of his essays into one volume. He begins each piece with a quotation and re ects on the ripples of that quotation in his life and the larger world. He writes about the Oxford English Dictionary, changing seasons, sleepless nights, bad hair days, and school. As a teacher, Vicchio questions his ability to reach his college students and decides that the element that keeps him going is hope. He has hope that this year will be better than the one before and this year the students will understand their own hopes for themselves and the future. I share his doubts about the coming semesters and his belief in hope. Beth Edelstein I found a novel by Seem Raji Codell, Sahara Special, about a fth-grade teacher who shows her class what inclusion really means. Fifth graders can be brutal; school systems can be grinding. Miss Pointy nds a way to delight and teach her students at the same time. I wanted to sit in on her classes in Puzzling and Time Travel. Don t you? Maybe our own classes can be as full of life. I re-read Eudora Welty s short stories. I wanted to move into the P.O. with her after reading her story Why I live at the P.O. I listened to her stories set to music in The Memory is a Living Thing. I was delighted to reacquaint myself with her (continued on next page) 7 Notes from the Editor (continued) stories and her craft. To make word pictures as vividly as she does, we must use our own paints, not hers. The book I started but haven t nished is Wally Lamb s Couldn t Keep It to Myself, a collection of essays written by women incarcerated in the York Correctional Institution. His students were reluctant learners. When they were given permission to tell their own stories, the words owed. Like Lamb, we see our share of reluctant learners. Like Lamb, we work to have their stories ow from their pens and struggle with the role of editor. Whether the students incarcerated are women or our students, the process of writing is the same. I also read all of your wonderful entries for our rst annual writing contest. Thank you all for your submissions. I hope this year is full of words and wonder for all of us. Summer Vacation Contest Winners Best submission by of ce staff: Kris Moylan How I spent my worst summer vacation Camping or root canal? I ve experienced both and choose the latter. Our borrowed canvas pop-up camper slept 1,000: my family of four plus 996 ravenous mosquitoes. My children begged for quarters: not for video games, but to use the campground restroom. The highlight was the camper s refrigerator it held three soda cans and nine ice cubes! Best Palindrome title: Cheryl Foreman, T-C 02 3002 Reemus Summer 2003 I lived a life backward From real to ideal A ve-week countdown , Transformed life s moments From plain to passionate From maybe to de nite Toward fantasy based on facts With support, plus energy, Plus people power Time was addictive, nonrestrictive Internally-STICheryl Foreman Changed me inde nitely Now MWP equals unlimited ME Best unful lled fantasy: Sally Bowen, T-C 83 What I did on my summer vacation After thirty years of teaching, I rmly resolved to spend the entire summer lazing in my backyard lounge chair while reading non-academic books and sipping mint iced tea. Instead, in the Student Writers Workshop, I taught twenty squirming, rambunctious middle schoolers with raging hormones and voracious passions for writing. Kris Moylan Best title: Jennifer Ricker Bildman, T-C 99 This is not a work of ction While six months pregnant (and growing) I watched my 10-month-old baby girl take her rst steps while traveling in an RV with two dogs, across the country, to search out large parcels of land to relocate to, ful lling my partner s aspiration of starting a family resort in the mountains. Jennifer Ricker Bildman Best Poem: Annette Crawford, T-C 03 Stephanie, Cheryl, and Rus What did I do on my summer vacation? With unyielding patience and rm dedication, Through mentoring, modeling, premeditation, Stephanie, Cheryl, and Rus Developed a writer with determination Unwavering support, and sincere Annette Crawford inspiration. Come witness the marvelous trans guration, Stephanie, Cheryl, and Rus; And now for the ultimate realization Publication! 8 Sally Bowen (far right) with her group at the Student Writers Workshop. Winners, please contact the MWP of ce to claim your sumptuous prizes.

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