The Random Thoughts of Louis Schmier

Here we go again! It’s chilly outside but a fiery message super-heated the inside and nearly melted my computer screen. This professor just won’t give up. She is a pit bull. But, that’s okay. It’s her right. Besides, I’ve got skin like a rhino. More important, she’s still doing me a great unintended service by [...]

Well, I had just returned from a delightful three day gathering at the Lilly-South conference at UNC-Greensboro. It was impossible to distinguish between teachers and learners. Here was a gathering of over 200 academics willing to come out from their safe place, willing to surrender the security of their place, ready to grow, willingly accepting [...]

I got up this morning, brewed a pot of delicious coffee, sat down at the computer, worked the online Washington Post crossword puzzle, and then went out into the chilly dark before the sun came up. It feels good to get back to power walking even if I can’t as yet do it the entire [...]

Here it is, 4:15 am, and I’ve already hit the streets. A lot of stuff is happening around the house that’s been chasing Morpheus away. This morning’s walk was in one way like all my walks this week. All week I’ve been walking past that spot on Oak St. where I had that conversation with [...]