Category Archives: About my blog

My newer blog

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Riba

Hello. :) I hope you’ll enjoy perusing here the 53 posts I wrote while I was 53. If you’d like to read more, please join me on my new WordPress blog: No Holds Barred: 54 at 54–All Things Mexico Thank … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Want to Lose You

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Riba

Hi everyone. I need to post three more posts while I’m fifty-three. I have them crafted, just need to polish them a bit. These last three turned into a kind of little series (all by themselves). I’ll be posting them … Continue reading →

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Five Days (48)

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Riba

“Write about five days you would like to do over,” Maureen says. We’ve arrived for our Monday night writing workshop. The room still buzzes, takes time to quiet. (This was the kind of thing I couldn’t tolerate when I was … Continue reading →

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The Twisting (Twisted?) Writer’s Road (41)

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Riba

When people find out I’m a teacher they ask me, “Do you love it?” I am never able to give them the resounding “Yes!” their breathless question begs. I talk about the ten-year learning curve for basic competency, all the … Continue reading →

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A Crisis Quieted (1)

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Riba

I am troubled all week, off kilter in a subtle way. It is hard to bring myself to my work. I eat too many dates one afternoon, sleep once in the early evening then go back to working. I can’t … Continue reading →

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About This Blog

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Riba

I was unhappy with the restrictions I put on myself for my first blog, so for my second one I promised myself I would leave it wide open. I only need to post 53 things while I’m 53. But my … Continue reading →

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