RE: Tavish drawls again

["Vogel, Andrew (vogelap)" <VOGELAP@UCMAIL.UC.EDU>]

You will, I hope, post the winning essay to the list!

-andrew vogel
Manager of Professional Programs
University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: l. harnish [mailto:indigoebony@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:53 PM
> To: over-the-rhine@actwin.com
> Subject: Tavish drawls again
> 
> 
> for those old school listies in the know, T. Woode was a 
> rambling, drawling rascal of a fellow who briefly graced the 
> digest with his minced wisdom and constant contractions in 
> the winter of '97 and '98.
> 
> of course, I've never been good at keeping secrets, and 
> quickly revealed that dear Tavish was, regrettably, not a 
> fifty-something ex-cowboy with sloppy clothes and a 
> wanderlust, but myself, then a teenage girl stuck in 
> smalltown Pennsylvania.
> 
> this confession made Tavish a defunct personality on the 
> digest, but I daresay the man lived on in my heart and mind 
> (scary, yes?). I, on occasion, would find I looked at parts 
> of my world through his perspective. his tastes would flavour 
> crumbs of my world. I would see a likeness to him in 
> strangers, a resemblance to him in friends.
> 
> weird.
> 
> so, this year, after much procrastination, I enrolled again 
> in college after four years of studying wifedom, amateur 
> armchair poetics, and rabbit care 101. in my composition 
> class, I was told to write an essay about a person of 
> significance who had altered my life in some way. I was too 
> disgruntled to write about my parents. I sing praises of my 
> husband's significance and virtues practically every day, so 
> this topic is neither new nor challenging. to amuse myself, I 
> wrote the essay about T. Woode, as though he had been a real 
> figure in my life for years, rather than a character I had 
> invented. I have been blessed to have had a lot of wonderful 
> people involved in through my years--in retrospect, I should 
> have just told the truth about all of them, rather than 
> wadding up their contributions under a fictitious figure....
> 
> but the long and short of it--the essay was written. got an 
> a. the teacher liked it so much she made an entire lesson 
> plan for two classes out of it. encouraged me to submit it 
> into a campus writing contest.
> 
> I have never won a writing contest before.
> I've never won a dime for my writing before.
> 
> until today.
> 
> I got an e-mail.
> I won the contest.
> 
> it'll be put in the school paper, posted on campus, and 
> submitted for a more significant contest.
> 
> all of which, I find to be pretty stinkin' cool.
>   and I thought some of you guys would find that cool too.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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