When I Was A Child
I turned 66 last week. (If you missed my birthday, there’s still time for that belated gift or card.) I had a good day with all the traditional trappings: cards,...
Category: Life and Stuff
A Few Thoughts to Chew On
So, I’m minding my own business the other day, munching on a turkey sammie. Just before Christmas, weather was mid-70’s. I ate slowly, reminiscing about frosty Chicago Decembers, scurrying about...
A Swift Trip and a Marathon
I love Gulliver’s Travels. I loved teaching it and re-reading it every year I taught AP Lit. You probably know of Gulliver and the Lilliputians, but he “discovers” three other...
Follow-Up, Numbers Up, Head’s Up.
Two weeks ago, I shared my perspective on Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Rather than opine on the political or religious overtones, I viewed the event from a more personal standpoint, as...
Another Grain of Sand, Another Bell Tolls
I was finishing up my Speech class on Wednesday, answering questions from students milling around when I heard the news. There was uncertainty and shock among them, as often occurs...
Butterfly Revolution Survivor
This week, I began my 41st year in education. 41 years as a teacher, first in high school and now as a college prof. The number staggers my meager brain....
’78 is Great!
“One-Nine-Seven-Eight, nineteen seventy-eight!” In my mind’s ear, I can still hear the chants, cheerleaders spurring on my class at pep rallies, sweaty adolescents screaming in unison. It’s no secret that...
Downtown Jason Brown
In my third or fourth year of teaching, circa 1989, I had a sophomore class, Writing About Lit. It was a pretty generic class, average level students and largely forgettable....
A Sharp Stick
Do you have any idea how many awards shows/presentations there are? Here’s a calendar, if you have the stomach and stamina for such a thing. I stopped counting around fifty;...
Living Large at the Byron (Year Two)
Once again I had the privilege of impersonating media for the weekend, attending the Byron Nelson PGA event in McKinney, TX. Courtesy of my son MJ and his media company...
