Tweet The kids raced away from the school bus on the final day of the school year, sweat and excitement mixed on their faces. Breathlessly, Paco reported, “Al the Bus Driver is so nice. We’re the last kids off today, … Continue reading
Tweet“I Never Can Say Quite As Much As I Know” –Robert Olen Butler The thing about attending an academic conference is that the days are packed so full of sessions and readings and “plenaries” that participants find their time booked from … Continue reading
Tweet I crossed a border yesterday. For a passport-toting white woman nowhere near Arizona, this should have been a straightforward endeavor. However, I failed to factor in that the airplane slotted to fly me out of Duluth was to have come from Chicago, and … Continue reading
Tweet One of these kids will grow up to teach in an elementary school classroom, run a human resources office, or become a sociological researcher. The other one will grow up to work as a Lego masterbuilder or–even better–a mad … Continue reading
Tweet While it always saddens me when my virtual life is neglected, I can’t mourn it too much when the neglect stems from a flurry of activity in my here-and-now life. That is to say: we have visitors this weekend, as … Continue reading
TweetSummer session began last week, and I was immediately reminded that the nub of my job is closing gaps. For everyone, college does some bridging: from past to future; from who one was to who one wants to be; from never having had … Continue reading
Tweet A brief summary, in case you’ve been spending so many hours cruising awkwardfamilyphotos.com and bluntcard.com that you were too pressed for time to read the last few posts: So I had a break-up, and it took the stuffing out … Continue reading
Tweet(continued from the last post): Once I was plainly dumped, all the energy that hadn’t known where to land during the course of our relationship stopped spinning around up in the air. It came crashing down, thundering in like a … Continue reading