Almost Fall

Got a lot of fall semester plans/ideas in the pipeline...trying to organize my first ever ENGL 101 syllabus, prepare for my own classes that are about to start, and study for my rhetoric comps that are coming up way too soon. As all of this bubbles below the surface of August, I can't help but want to give some love to the (overgrown but prospering) garden and run around in the woods with Tiger. In the Winter, writing, planning, and thinking things through to (some semblance of) a conclusion seem to come quite naturally...but the Summer brain is so hard to tame. And I must admit that it is awfully hot for trying to spend hours of every day immersed in words/ideas. This is where true discipline really needs to take over...right when it's strongest oppositional forces are flourishing.