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danger on the stage: a minipost

by Emily Wright | Dec 11, 2017 | Humor | 0 |

I once launched my bow into the audience at a CSUN concert after a particularly zesty up-bow...

a collection of truly terrible stock photos

by Emily Wright | Dec 7, 2017 | Cello Illustrated, Humor | 0 |

Keep in mind I am making fun of the art direction and not the models themselves. Lord knows they were only doing what they were told. This was supposed to be a lovely slideshow instead of some 1998 Netscape mismatched image...

Fired in front of Zubin Mehta and Sophia Loren: an excerpt

by Emily Wright | Nov 5, 2017 | Humor, Teaching & Learning | 4 |

I’ve got all kinds of irons in the fire these days: NaNoWriMo has inspired me to get rolling...

plowing the fields

by Emily Wright | Mar 22, 2017 | Humor, Teaching & Learning | 1 |

One of my students is really in the thick of things. She’s working on the Swan AND the...

holiday transition standoff, part 7: the verdict

by Emily Wright | Nov 27, 2014 | Humor | 0 |

Olivier and Sebastian: 2.5 hours of delicious community service. Happy Thanksgiving to all....

holiday transition standoff, part 6: deliberation

by Emily Wright | Nov 26, 2014 | Humor | 0 |

In the basement, a rare inter-seasonal meeting of S.N.O.W (Society of Neat Ornaments,...

holiday transition standoff, part 5: awaiting trial.

by Emily Wright | Nov 25, 2014 | Humor | 0 |

Having been discovered by a passerby before they could strike, the two would-be assailants are relegated to the garden. Piney does not wish to press charges, choosing to bid the naughty little pumpkins “a simply marvelous...

holiday transition standoff, part 4: the escalation

by Emily Wright | Nov 24, 2014 | Humor | 0 |

Wearing disguises, Sebastian and Olivier make their move.

holiday transition standoff, part 3

by Emily Wright | Nov 22, 2014 | Humor | 0 |

The pumpkins seek the advice of the wise old wreath, who is rumored to have been on the stoop for a long time.

holiday transition standoff, part 2

by Emily Wright | Nov 20, 2014 | Humor | 0 |

A closer look at the intruder.

holiday transition standoff, part 1.

by Emily Wright | Nov 19, 2014 | Humor | 0 |

Olivier and Sebastian are suspicious of the new visitor to their stoop. The tag still attached indicates that he is going to be returned- the sooner the better.