I’m still in a “Susan Boyle-ish” mood; I’m getting into the groove as I get myself psyched up for a two day workshop on collegiate teaching at Lethbridge University; as a cancer survivor, I’m still feeling the warmth and humanity of all those smiling and cheering students on the front lawn of my campus [...]
I admit without any embarrassment, when I saw that YouTube clip of Susan Boyle my heart pounded, my breath leadened, my stomach tightened, and my eyes poured out tears. What a lesson! The lesson is simple: Susan Boyle was not redeemed on that show; but, she could be redeeming to so many of us [...]
The light of a new day was grappling with the darkness of an old one. You know, I love both the darkness of the night and light of day. In the former, I see, am awed, and am humbled by the majestic stars and the expanse of the universe; in the latter I see [...]
I remember from my childhood summer days of the late 1940s, when I was learning to fly fish in New York’s Beaver Kill near Livingston Manor and Roscoe. “Ole Tim,” as everyone called him, kept chiding me, “Do you want to be a fish catcher or a fisherman?” He kept telling me over and [...]
