Finally being recognized for my commitment to Rangoon, this means so much

I haven’t yet found a limit, and I think this is an empirical question, so I urge you to experiment. My fav Rangoon is from Shanghai Inn on Damen. They arrive perfect every time with delivery

When life gives you blueberries, etc…

This is partly @annakornbluh.bsky.social fault

I nearly abandoned machines and was going to call you to call Reno, but the machine delivered

But nothing as effective as getting honest feedback on an effort and trying again

she had been modeling it for us in seminar for weeks before papers were due, spending time on specific lines and passages. And each student also had to lead a seminar session in which we worked through an assigned text slowly

Her most successful method would simply be to look at my paper and say, “this is not a close reading”

Ellen Rooney all day!