by Taslim Jaffer | May 8, 2012 | Try-This Tuesday
To get in to graduate school for speech-language pathology, I had to take the Graduate Record Examination. As soon as I found out I passed, I made plans to rid myself of the bulky workbooks and the memories they held of torturous evening classes and daily practice. ...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Why do you create? Why do you snap a photo, write a poem, paint a picture, or do any of the hundreds of things you can do? The reasons are as numerous as the creative acts themselves, I’m sure. Here’s a reason that seems to keep popping up for me in the...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 1, 2012 | Try-This Tuesday
Last week, we created a haiku with a blank page and the nudge to write about a season. This week, we will create a poem from a page already filled with words. The idea is to erase (or black out) words so that what’s left over creates a new poem. Grab your...
by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
We are halfway through 2012 – how are you feeling about the balance in your life? Many of us had set resolutions in January and now is a great time to re-evaluate those. This workshop is designed for you if you: Are tired of not being able to...
by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
I can’t say I was always proud of my name. My stomach would tie itself in knots when a substitute teacher would walk into the classroom. The other students reveled in a day of trickery and games, but I knew it would be a day of my name being butchered to bits,...
