I am writing this reflection at the same time as I wrote the last one, “Who Am I?” In this one, I am remembering both my Emerson and Confucius. The first said, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” The second, “labor without reflective [...]
Can’t sleep. Haven’t hit the streets yet. I was doing crossword puzzles and listening agonizing song, “Who Am I,” from LES MISERABLES when I was struck by that one aria. It was an agonizing song, in which Jean Valjean wrestles with his conscience. His struggle within him to do the right thing got me to thinking. People [...]
Pant. Pant. Pant. I went out “late” this morning. The sun was sneaking above the horizon and targeting me with one intensive heat ray through the light cloud cover. The sweat poured from my pores as if they were each broken micro water mains, I my body so glistened in the sunlight you’d think I [...]
Another elephant in the room. This one is a dark, bull elephant lurking in the darkest and deepest corner that I really don’t want to talk about, and I know will get me in hot water, but legislators are talking about it, the media is talking about it, students are talking about it, parents are [...]
Well, I know I am about to get into trouble, but I’ve got to put my words to Barbara in my mouth. I want to mention things, point out few elephants in the room, that most of us academics prefer to ignore. My friend, Linc Fish, attended conferences with a brilliant red, oversized t-shirt in [...]
All I could think about this pre-dawn morning were the beginning lyrics from BLUE SKIES: ”We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave….” Ain’t that the truth. I felt I was doing laps in my own pool for three miles. Phelps and Lochte, eat your hearts out. It’s hot, tres hot: 80 degrees, 85% [...]
