Kendall Defoe
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Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page. No AI. No Fake Work. It's all me...
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My Little Book . Honorable Mention in New Year, New Projects Challenge.
I often forget how inspiration can come from irritation. I waited a while before contemplating this particular challenge. I had the annual trip home to see the folks and other wondrous sites of my hometown (irony detected), and then, two days after my return, caught a very bad cold and had to spend most of a weekend indoors imbibing soup and tea (if I am ever reincarnated, it will have to be with the name Campbell or Twining). And then, on wobbly legs and with less than a hundred percent stamina rating, I went in to the college to begin another semester of teaching.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Motivation
Quarter Century. Top Story - January 2025.
Twenty-five years… It just seems to be a small blip in time once you’ve reached my age. Young people always think that as soon as they hit a certain number that the party’s over. Well, that ain’t true. Not at all. Not a chance.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Futurism
Another New Year Tribute?
Almost missed the drop. 2025 is here! Please, I need a hug... * Thank you for reading! If you liked this, you can add your Insights, Comment, leave a Heart, Tip, Pledge, or Subscribe. I will appreciate any support you have shown for my work.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Poets
A Look Back...Sort of...
It is one day before the last day of the year (New Year’s Eve Eve?) I am sitting at home – well, my old home – typing this out on my bed as I recover from my long day out trying to find some distractions in the places where I enjoyed my teen years (I mean the local mall, of course). My mother, recovering from a cold, is now forced to watch Monday Night Football with my stepfather and pretend to enjoy it. I have an old guitar, some Duolingo courses and plenty of books to distract me, along with another prompt for another story (over 500 words already written). And my mind is already racing ahead to what 2025 will bring. But let’s not forget the year we are about to lose…
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Journal
This Day...
From Christmas to a Boxing-Kwanzaa-Hanukkah Hybrid? Best to you...! * Thank you for reading! If you liked this, you can add your Insights, Comment, leave a Heart, Tip, Pledge, or Subscribe. I will appreciate any support you have shown for my work.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Poets
The Last Week
A last-minute piece, but I think that I have something to say… It is the day before I fly home to see my family for the usual two-week spread in my old hometown. I am not looking forward to seeing anything related to the city (for the most part). I am much more interested in how time has changed all of us over the last time I was at home, attempting to enjoy the holidays at my least favourite time of the year. And then I remembered this challenge, right in the middle of laundry, packing and planning for the rides to the airport.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Motivation
'A Complete Unknown' - A Review. Top Story - December 2024.
It was a very pleasant surprise to come home on the Tuesday of this past week and discover, over dinner and exams needing my evaluations, that I had won a pair of passes to see an early showing of the Bob Dylan biography, “A Complete Unknown”. It was the very next day – 7 pm on Wednesday at Banque Scotia Cinemas in Montréal – and I could not find anyone at the last minute to join me.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Geeks
