I saw “Angela” in class yesterday. She came up to me with a different look on her face. Gone was the faceless gaze. I asked her if the petition of names had been accepted. She told me it had. She then went on, “I’ve been thinking real hard all weekend. You know, Dr. Schmier, you [...]
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You might want to call it a “nothing to speak of” incident. A student I’ll call Angela didn’t think so. To me it was nothing less than miraculous. It happened Friday. The students in each community had presented their portfolio covers and were finishing up their biographical interviews. In the midst of the hopping cacaphony, [...]
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Weather report: 5:00 a.m; 82 degrees; heat factor 93 degreStatus: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 13908 es. The National Weather Center has just issued a warning. The heat is melting the snow caps on fire ant hills and that is posing a threat of flash flooding throughout low lying South Georgia. Stay indoors. There is a [...]
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No walking this morning. My day off. Like mad dogs and Englishmen, I went out yesterday into the pre-dawn darkness. Everything is heavy with super-heated water. Can’t tell the difference between the humidity and afternoon torrents. A touch of ringworm on my left knee is a reminder that the fungi and algae are soaking it [...]
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