Remembering Casey
There’s an emptiness here that is heavier than I’ve ever felt. It’s just a little after 2:30, less than 24 hours after you died, Casey. I’m sitting here alone in our room, 701, that you and Kelsey called your own for so many years. No music plays, and I keep staring in the back area, [...]
I Want My (unplugged) MTV
I’ve been a Sirius Satellite subscriber for about 15 months now. It was free for the first year when I bought my Jeep, and I’ve become addicted to the 80s on 8 channel. It’s not that I’m especially in love with all of the music they play (although I’m keeping a list of the songs [...]
With Snow Comes Clarity
I don’t take these moments lightly. They are gifts to me, opportunities to see a little more clearly when the waters are muddied. And lately, I’ve allowed the waters to muddy to an unhealthy state. Schools throughout the region are closed today because of an impending snow storm that wouldn’t make most other states even [...]
Dreaming with a broken heart
I had the great fortune of watching the inauguration in its entirety with my advanced composition students today. For the most part, they took the event quite seriously, writing excerpts and reactions in their daybooks as our 44th president delivered his inaugural address. Class began about 36 minutes before the president-elect was to take the [...]
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