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257. Why Take Advantage

Posted on November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 by caritagardiner

I’ve written quite a few posts about why people should give, but today’s post offers my thoughts on why you should take, in particular, take advantage of every preventive service your insurance will cover. Insurance companies aim to maximize their profits. To meet this goal, they employ great mathematicians to calculate the potential income and…

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NetGalley Review of Ready or Not

Posted on November 25, 2023November 23, 2023 by caritagardiner

title: Ready or Not author: Cara Bastone publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback publication date: February 13, 2024 pages: 400 peppers: 3 (on this scale) warnings: nausea and puke, unplanned pregnancy, ultra sound, drunkenness summary: Eve’s one-night stand pregnancy reveals who’s in her corner and helps her figure out what she wants in work and in love/friendship….

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NetGalley Review of The Prospects

Posted on November 24, 2023November 20, 2023 by caritagardiner

title: The Prospects author: KT Hoffman publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback publication date: April 9, 2024 pages: 384 peppers: 2 (on this scale) warnings: some mentions of transphobia summary: Gene is a baseball player who’s mad that Luis has been traded to his team, but at the same time, Luis is hot and interesting. tropes: enemies-to-lovers what…

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256. Why Be the Sag Wagon

Posted on November 22, 2023November 21, 2023 by caritagardiner

The photo above, a hyperbolic depiction  of the sag wagon even on its original website, gets well at the possible burden of cleaning up after other people get to experience the exciting part of an event. In more than thirty years as the significant other of a cyclist, I’ve many times gotten the call to…

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255. Why Broken

Posted on November 15, 2023November 13, 2023 by caritagardiner

If you’ve been around the blog or known me for more than a few minutes, you know that I don’t usually read or like memoirs or essays. The former (that’s the first one, for those of you who get them confused) often feel too whiney and woe-is-me-my-life-has-been-so-hard, and the latter (that’s the second part of…

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254. Why Use Opposites

Posted on November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 by caritagardiner

The image above might not look super interesting, but it’s a link to an email subscription I recommend highly because I always find it fascinating. One of my former students (Hi, AR!) shared it with me, and I’m grateful to him every day for the suggestion. Way back in late-July and early-August, the A.Word.A Day…

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253. Why Diving

Posted on November 1, 2023October 31, 2023 by caritagardiner

[I wrote this post in the end of February, having come off a long diving season, and thinking that Future Carita might be dreading the time commitment of the season ahead and might want to be reminded about all the things she loves about diving. Dear Future Carita, I’ve got you. You’re awesome and you…

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252. Why Hive Recommendations

Posted on October 25, 2023October 24, 2023 by caritagardiner

By clicking on the photo above, you can buy the cool poster I found when I did an image search for “hive mind.” I’m not sure how the art connects to my idea, but it’s pretty, isn’t it? In this post, I’m using hive as a verb rather than as a noun. I hope my…

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251. Why Go Slowly

Posted on October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 by caritagardiner

When I found the image above, the shirts  sold on the link were out of stock, but I hope that by the time you read this, you’d be able to buy one if you want to. (Click on the photo if you want to try.) On the other hand, I hope that sloths aren’t seen…

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NetGalley Review of Love Naturally

Posted on October 16, 2023October 18, 2023 by caritagardiner

title: Love, Naturally author: Sophie Sullivan publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin publication date: January 16, 2024 pages: 320 peppers: 2 (on this scale) warnings: none summary: Trying to convince her boyfriend that she can do the activities he likes, Presley buys a surprise vacation for two to an island nature retreat. When he doesn’t want to go…

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WHAT I DO

I teach English to high schoolers at a boarding school in Connecticut. I read AP English Literature and Composition exams and serve as a teacher mentor for the University of Pennsylvania Teaching Fellows program. I’ve earned a Bachelor of Arts (Amherst College), an Education Master in Learning and Teaching (Harvard University Graduate School of Education), a Master of Arts in English (Bread Loaf School of English), and most recently a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a certificate in the online teaching of writing (Southern New Hampshire University).

As a writer, I hope to capture the complexity and joy of life in the New England boarding school world. On this site, I share what I know about trying to write fiction while teaching English, coaching, and doing the other tasks associated with helping to raise over six hundred other people’s children.

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Read my recent “Why” Wednesday Blog Posts

  • 257. Why Take Advantage
  • NetGalley Review of Ready or Not
  • NetGalley Review of The Prospects
  • 256. Why Be the Sag Wagon
  • 255. Why Broken
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