Archive for January, 2001

Three Coaches

I watched last night, with some agony, Duke making its miraculous ten point comeback in the last minute of the basketball game against Maryland. While I was listening to an excited and disbelieving commentator on another station talk about Duke’s Coach K, he said something that caught my ear. I heard him say that Coach [...]

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I Am On A High

Wow! Did I just float into my office on a high. I am so excited I can hardly control my fingers. It just happened unexpectedly not ten minutes ago. I was nonchalantly walking down the hall sipping a cup of coffee I had just filled at the office of the Dean of A & S [...]

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Teach Deliberately

Good morning. In the comfortably chilled air this dark morning, I was think of my good e-mail friend, Anne Pemberton. She e-mailed me last week in response to my last RT that the joy I usually have in teaching was missing. I have to disagree even if I wasn’t bubbly. I do have to admit [...]

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“This is a Place…..,” II

Good morning and a happy new year to you all. My knee is acting up. Using that ache and the fact that it’s like frigid International Falls, Minn. outside, I decided to stay cozy warm this morning. I had said that Sara’s letter had gotten me into some deep thinking and feelings. Deep? Deep ain’t [...]

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