Description: A poet and long-time teacher-librarian contemplates what to cultivate in her next chapter, musing about purpose, creativity, aging, wonder, fear, belonging, loss, gratitude, faith, nature, technology, money, & more. Click to read Furrow and Fire, by Wendy DeGroat, a Substack publication. Launched 7 months ago.
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where diverse currents of contemporary American poetry converge
Subscribe Sign in Home Notes Archive About What you’ll find here After decades in public education, what would it mean if I stopped teaching? Or if I taught adults instead of teens, or in picnic shelters or coffee shops instead of schools? What might happen if I immerse myself in writing or woodworking — or explore ways they could intertwine? How can I do more to build the beloved community I imagine? What, if any, legacy do I wish to leave?
These are the kinds of questions I’ll contemplate here as I write my way through figuring out what matters most in the chapter after school bells.