This story won second place in the MAYDAY 2024 Nonfiction Contest. I taught for 40 plus years. Forty, a biblical number; the Great Flood, Jesus’ time in the desert; his number of days on Earth after the stone was rolled back. Forty years, a God hour. I worked with teachers who taught the same year […]
Ed McManis
ED MCMANIS is a writer, editor, & erstwhile Head of School. His work has appeared in more than 60 publications, including The Blue Road Reader, California Quarterly, Nimrod, Narrative, Lascaux Review, etc. His most recent chapbook is “The Zombie Family Takes a Selfie” Bottlecap Press. He, along with his wife, Linda, have published esteemed author Joanne Greenberg’s (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) novel, Jubilee Year.
Little known trivia fact: he holds the outdoor free-throw record at Camp Santa Maria: 67 in a row.
The Retirement Clipboard and Notes, Hand-Written
Writing Tips or (How I tried to get my niece—who asked—to change her mind on a writing career as she cavalierly jumped into the writing business after graduating from business school, quitting her six-figure accounting job only three months in while boldly proclaiming her Quixotic quest to follow her dreams, become vegan, pay off her student loan, marry for love, write the next great American novel, reconcile me with both my ex and with my brother (her dad), rescue a St. Bernard—in her apartment—one bedroom, downtown San Francisco, etc.)
by Ed McManis
Part One Thanks for thinking of me. It seems like we were just at your graduation. Hope you can use the blender. Too bad about the job. Yes, the business world is a desert; I guess yours was kind of a six-figure desert. Regarding advice: I’m flattered you asked. […]
