The Random Thoughts of Louis Schmier

Part of a conversation over some sinful doughtnuts I had the other day with a couple of students in the Union about what we each were going to do this summer. When one of them heard that I was attending a retreat on teaching this summer: “Why are you of all people going off to [...]

I was sitting on the couch in the den, sipping a cup of refreshing freshly brewed coffee, fishing around with the remote just after my walk, when I settled on a sports channel to find out about some of yesterday’s scores. Instead, the “tail end” of a fishing program was on. Even though the news [...]

Had a situation yesterday. If you were listening to this student, a confusion of hurt, shame, and bewilderment, gazing with empty eyes and speaking with a pained voice, explaining an absence of over two weeks. She was back in the class, but she was still absent. If you had heard the story your muscles would [...]

Went out more than a bit late this Sunday morning. The sun was already nestling among the budding branches. I am always amazed at the amazing things, the new things, the astonishing things, the touching things I see and hear walking the streets day after day, month after month, year after year when I “listen.” [...]