Writing
These posts are meta-level posts about writing, mostly on this blog but sometimes in other projects.
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Cringe and joy, part zero
This post is the first (well, the zeroth) in a new series of 32 blog posts recalling moments of cringe (when my work didn’t work as well as I hoped it would) and joy (when my work worked as well as I hoped it would, or better). Read more
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The email newsletter is ready
Describing the start of the email newsletter (I have spared you the gory details) and the slow startup of the PNI Practicum courses. Read more
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Story-Colored Glasses has a new home
In this post I inform you that I’ve moved the blog from Blogger to WordPress, describe the process, and describe the mailing list I will soon have available to find out about new posts. Read more
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The snail rushes in
Imagine you’re at a party. You went there because somebody said you just had to be there. But when you got there, you found out that everyone was talking in a strange way. Say they were all clapping when they talked, or affecting an obscure accent, or hopping on one foot. Confused, you tucked yourself… Read more
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I’m not here right now
In my last post I promised I’d post monthly, and here it is nearly two months later. I’ve been thinking for weeks about what I should write here, and I keep coming up empty. Today I realized that the best thing I can do is simply explain why I have nothing to tell you. I’m… Read more
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You stand now at the bottom of this blog.
As I woke up this morning I realized two things: (a) if I do not feed the blog something soon it will wither away into nothingness, and (b) I have nothing at all to say. This is a desperate situation that calls for desperate measures. Therefore you are about to see me stoop to something… Read more
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PLA articles; Recruitment drive
Volume 63 of the journal Participatory Learning and Action has come out, and I am author or co-author in three of its articles. Click here, then on “Download PDF (free)” to read it. The volume is titled “How wide are the ripples? From local participation to international organisational learning” and its description is as follows.… Read more
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Hey everybody
Thoughts on starting this blog. Read more