Old Friends and a New Year
Sometimes I can’t decide whether or not I believe in coincidences. Yesterday was the most special treat. About three days ago I got an...
"I've known you for years..."
“Wow,” the nurse said as she took the Sphygmomanometer off of my arm. “Why don’t you take a few deep breaths and see if we can get that...
Christmas Against Humainty
Now begins the week that time forgot. The week between Christmas and New Year. This is my favorite week of the year. In a couple of days...
No Room at the Inn
Tonight we celebrate the most spectacular customer service snafu in the history of the world. Two thousandish years ago, or so the story...
The Things That Sustain Us
I got the most lovely email from a student last week. She told me how much she enjoyed my class, how she had a new found interest in the...
Good Learning, Bad Student
I was not a great student. I skated through college with a perfect 3.0, bolstered by my many dance and choral classes. The reason I...
Ghosts of Winter Break Past
As Winter Break approaches, I thought back to a story of December past. Back in 1997, I was a sophomore at the College of Charleston. My...
Zero Amount of Learning
Yesterday at the Fine Arts Center, no learning happened. Maybe it did in Visual Arts. Perhaps the Music department imparted information...
All the Brilliant Things
After the performances of Every Brilliant Thing, the theatre served ice-cream and set out a table for audience members to write down the...
Drugs and Cheaper Alternatives
My car doesn’t have bluetooth. Well, it does. Kind of. I don’t have a fancy new car with it already built in. I bought my car from my...
