The Lilly conference was over. I was overwhelmed by fulfilling happiness mixed with a tinge of sadness. As I put my stuff into the rented car, getting ready for a short jaunt to the Dayton airport, a young man approached me, and the Lilly mystique shone once again in all it’s glory and began to [...]
Just as I’m putting on my “game face” for the Lilly conference this week and getting into what I call “the Lilly groove,” Mary comes up to me in class with moans and groans. The students are finishing and getting ready to present their final history project. This past semester, they’ve written a Dr. Seuss [...]
All this archaic, “fall backward” time change we did this weekend with our clocks and getting in the groove for the Lilly conference in a week got me thinking about change. How many times have you said with a carved in stone defiant finality, “It’s not me” or “that’s just me.” Well, I’d like to [...]
I hadn’t intended to write anything this morning, but I have been receiving birthday wishes from people literally all over this globe. How you all knew is beyond me, but it is, to say the least, gratifying. Thank you. And, your warmth has countered some of the chilly responses I’ve received off-line lately to my [...]
