Mercy Reading and Writing Center

This year, the International Writing Centers Association's Summer Institute is being held at Stanford University, so I am thrilled to be able to be here (literally, here- I am in the Stanford Writing Center using one of their computers during a break between our opening meeting and dinner reception).  I love conferences and institutes because they can be like summer camp for composition nerds (or writing center geeks, or creative nonfiction-heads...whatever the subfield, there is something that happens when we all get together).  It is of course great and essential to meet new people and learn things I need to know, as well as things I need to know but didn't know I needed to know until just now.  Sometime you even get some free schwag!  I'm a big fan of the Stanford Writing Center brain shaped stress squeeze ball already.

Ok, this is oddly indicative of current society- I am in a room full of people casually chatting about writing centers and stuff, and here I am blogging about it.  Or rather, blogging about watching them talk.  So that is a big hint I need to get out of this virtual conversation with some unknown audience and back into talking with real people in real time.  For reals! as the kids would say.

I'll try to write daily about what's going on here.  Stay tuned, folks!