For us in the States, this past weekend was Memorial Day Weekend. Memorial Day is sometimes called “the gateway to the summer.” Well, my morning walk today through the steamy vat of superheated water we call humidity reminded me that we down here in south Georgia have gone through that gate quite a while back. [...]
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Like a mad dog and Englishman I was out in the sun, heat, and humidity working in my front garden two days ago trying to beat the distant darkening sky and threatening thunder. As I was pruning my roses, a car suddenly swerved with a slight screech towards the curb that caught my attention and [...]
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Ten Years. Over 400 Random Thoughts floating out there in cyber space. Two published volumes of collected Random Thoughts and two more on the way. More than 2,000 web citations. Bunches of workshops on campuses and at conferences throughout the world. Wow. Whew. Who would have thought it would have come to this when I [...]
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Much of what I have learned about myself I have learned during my solo morning walks, those reflective mobile moments of meditation through the pre-dawn darkness. You know, solitude is not solitary confinement. Aloneness is not lonliness. It is, if nothing else, a way to get away from the cell phone. It is a step [...]
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Well, advising has been on my mind lately. As Co-Chair of the University Strategic Planning Committee on Student Learning and Retention, all week I’ve been responding to a report by a University Committee on Academic Advising. I’ve been sharing my ideas and recommendations about advising with the members of both committees, our Strategic Planning Officer, [...]
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