Teaching Through Sirens By Anna Mercedes There seems to be a general sentiment of burn out at the liberal arts college where I teach in the American Midwest. When the Chronicle for Higher Education published Read more…
My Schedule is Full: Boundaries on the Bountiful By Anna Mercedes I first thought my life was entirely too full to write this blog! Then I decided on second thought to write about that initial Read more…
Poetry for a Polarized People By Anna Mercedes My biggest fears of late have not been of the obvious things. Those are also fears: the earthquakes and the hurricanes and the floods. The upheaval in Read more…
Traction Together By Anna Mercedes A moving installation of playground seesaws along the U.S. and Mexico border recently won a major design award from the London Design Museum. The “Teeter Totter Wall” features seesaws in Read more…
Mantra: These are Trauma Days By Anna Mercedes More than two months into working and parenting from home during the coronavirus pandemic, I am grateful to the teachers who had shown me, before the new Read more…
Welcome. This is a trauma-informed group. By Anna Mercedes Counterpoint is a reminder that we need to listen to each other, especially to voices beyond our usual crowds and disciplines, in order to heal the Read more…
