“If you think the story has a sad ending, it’s because it’s not over yet.” ― Emily Henry, Beach Read Let’s step out of the schoolhouse for a moment and talk politics. You may know that Tennessee is in… Read More ›
“you are brought face to face with the great question about the soccer coach: Does he really matter? It turns out that coaches or managers (call them what you like) simply don’t make that much difference.” ― Simon Kuper, Soccernomics:… Read More ›
“Politics is like dice: the better the player, the worse the man.” ― C.J. Sansom, Heartstone The Fourth of July has always been my favorite holiday. Growing up, it marked the unofficial beginning of summer, when city folks would… Read More ›
“What literature can and should do is change the people who teach the people who don’t read the books.” ― A.S. Byatt Two weeks ago today I was sitting in the bleachers watching my son’s baseball game. The game… Read More ›
“It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at times of difficulty and tension.” ― C.J. Sansom, Dissolution Remember that old lyric, “It’s summertime and the… Read More ›
“Nothing is a cliche when you’re living it.” ― Ben Lerner, The Topeka School Sometimes I get the answers to questions before I even publicly ask them. Case in point: high school graduations. Over the last couple of weeks,… Read More ›
“These days, Clarissa believes, you measure people first by their kindness and their capacity for devotion. You get tired, sometimes, of wit and intellect; everybody’s little display of genius.” ― Michael Cunningham, The Hours Just like that… it’s a… Read More ›
“If someone’s ninety percent awful and ten percent great, everyone says that deep down they’re great. Like they’re an iceberg, but all that greatness is under the water – and invisible. But actually, the truth is, they’re just ninety percent… Read More ›
“This society hasn’t changed one bit. People who don’t fit into the village are expelled: men who don’t hunt, women who don’t give birth to children. For all we talk about modern society and individualism, anyone who doesn’t try to… Read More ›
“Just when you think something can’t get any worse someone who dislikes you comes to watch.” ― Denise Mina, Conviction Yesterday marked the end of Tennessee’s 114th General Assembly. It was an odd one. A little longer than expected for… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 