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1Plain View #111 - Post Christmas, 2010 The winter was a dark one. Wolves howled. Small fires flickered. And men huddled together in caves. But in the midst of the cold and darkness a small light shone.And that small light was… more »

Plain View #110 - November 13, 2009 Blackhawk PrideDoug Loves MoviesStrandedBody HeatScene ItThis Is ItCommunityTumblrsubscribe to this podcast! more »

Plain View #107 - part 2 - September 8, 2009 social studiesDr. ChangObamaWillTumblrsubscribe to this podcast! more »

Plain View #107 - part 1 - September 8, 2009 Night of the HunterPainted HillsCaddy ShackLie to MeschoolTumblrsubscribe to this podcast! more »

Plain View #103 - part 2 - June 11, 2009 Psych Weeds Entourage Leverage So You Think You Can Dance Burn Notice Madmen Blue Shoes Pillars of the Earth Jesus Interupted Crypted Hunters Hugo Cabret Last Dragon Summ… more »

Plain View #101 - March 27, 2009 Tropic Thunder The Circus Transamerica T.V. The Man Who Loved Clowns Educational Stuff Field Trip Will's B-Ball Tourny Maly's Glasses Fulton Bill Clinton Tumblr subscribe to this… more »

Here's an edited version of my most recent communion meditation. It may be surprising to some of you, but in my experience, high school students have a lot of interests outside of their class work. In some cases their only interests lie outside their… more »

the sitter a mangy shack of a thing across the street from the giant grain elevators next to the railroad tracks a mean little place in the middle of a neighborhood abandoned by time waist-high wire fence surrounds the place weeds grow up… more »

This was easily the most difficult poem for all of us to write. We were to creat an illogical world. I don't think any of us created a world that was illogical enough. At any rate. Here's my attempt. Someday I'll be big enough "I can't ho… more »

The sun goes down early in the fall, burning leaves and cool Autumn bite in the air. We sit on the front porch and one, two, three, not it! our voices echo down the dark street. The loser, now a gray wolf lopes into the wild behind the house,… more »

I guess my poetry has inspired others to try their hand. Here's one from my mom. --------- I run The sweat slides down my face into my eyes My mouth is dry My heart tears at my chest My lungs feel as if they will burst My leg muscles cramp I… more »

Click I look up from my work. I've been crossing out lines and writing new ones and kind of forgot where I was - on my stool - perched above a classroom half-full of high school students. Some sit near one another, others alone. Their heads… more »

Plain View #93 - Sept 12, 2008 Day after the 11th Guitar Hero Big Lebowski Same Time Next Year Keen Eddie NBC Lady doctor 4-H - it's still a thing Kid stories Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »

When I have time to share my poems with my students, they are generally supportive, almost always polite. But sometimes they give me a look that says, "The hell?" I laughed out loud after reading this one to them. The looks on their faces were pricele… more »

I'm teaching a creative writing class this year. I haven't taught this before, and I'm really enjoying it. So far they've produced some good stuff. I'm making an effort to keep up with the students, writing the same things that I'm assigning. I figur… more »

Plain View #92 - Aug 28, 2008 - part 1 New School Paradise Now Anime Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Reaper T.V. conversation Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »

Plain View #90 - July 15, 2008 - part 1 Jenny Shout out Beer & Ice cream Summer - sleeping in Bachelorette - so fun Burn Notice Wall-E Big Vacation Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »

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Plain View #88 - May 25, 2008 The Orphanage There Will Be Blood The Mist Senior Trip Colorado Springs Guest Stars Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »

Plain View #87 - April 30, 2008 Nim's Island TV Pretty Woman Day of Silence Everything Must Change Gay Bishop Hapkido Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »

Plain View #86 - April 17, 2008 St. Stan's Once Social Networking Like Cats & Dogs Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »

Plain View #83 - March 6, 2008 King of Kong The Crucible Peak by Roland Smith Evolution Science vs. Ignorance Internet Cartoon Lent Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »

Plain View #71 - June 14, 2007 Bufe summer school doctor doctor rotten tomatoes Heroes Studio 60 garden Rabbit's ear Apocalypto Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »

Plain View #67 - April 26, 2007 Bufe Fairy tale parody World View Kurt Vonnegut Memory of Running The Yearling The Crucible (spoiler) Children of Men Beaver Trilogy Battlestar Bug Book The Skull Camper The Paperboy… more »

Plain View #66 - April 12, 2007 Bufe Kids collection Ski trip Talladega Nights Potty talk Sweet Hereafter (the rural juror) Research paper Atheists Extreme Home Makeover Tumblr subscribe to this podcast! more »