When I despair about our world (the endless wars, the climate crisis, the mass shootings, the violent rhetoric, the destruction of natural beauty) and…
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Jill Donovan
Jill Donovan has taught English for 35 years. This is her 14th year at John Burroughs School (MO) where she teaches 7th and 12th grade English, sponsors the Green Team and Bird Club, keeps score at JV Volleyball Games, and conducts admissions’ interviews.
Latest posts
2024
Things That Endure
“. . . there is a coherence in things, a stability; something, she meant, is immune from change, and shines out . . .…
2023
Looking for The Holy Now
“Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? — every, every minute?” For the past few years, I’ve been teaching a…
2022
The Immediate and the New
Don’t pass it by –the immediate, the real, the only, the yours. —Henry James, in a letter to Edith Wharton Several years back I…
2021
A Task to Fulfill
“Joy — it’s not just a gift. In a sense it’s also a duty, a task to fulfill.” (from Astonishments by Anna Kamienska) “Let’s…