Author Archives
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A BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTION
“You will never be told when the next bit of education is coming or where it’s coming from or who the teacher will be. That information will only reveal itself after the fact. All that you can do is leave… Read More ›
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A JOB FAIRLY WELL DONE
So forgive me all my anger Forgive me all my faults There’s no need to forgive me For thinkin’ what I thought I loved you from the get go And I’ll love you till I die I loved you on… Read More ›
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UP IN THE MORNING AND READY FOR SCHOOL
“The moment we pulled up in front of her apartment she had the door open. She turned to me with the long, elegant, mournful face of her Puritan ancestors and held out her hand. ‘It’s been fun,’ she said. ‘Yes,’… Read More ›
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NASHVILLE IS READY FOR A NEW MAYOR
“Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy.” ―… Read More ›
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LOVE YA PAL
“I am not an angel,’ I asserted; ‘and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me – for you will not get it, any… Read More ›
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I’LL GLADLY PAY YOU TOMORROW FOR A HAMBURGER TODAY
“…it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart.” ― Steve Martin, Shopgirl “A person hears… Read More ›
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READING THE SIGNS
“I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.” ― Lyndon B. Johnson “But it is the knowledge of how contingent my unease is, how dependent on a baby that wails beneath my window one day… Read More ›
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A DELICATE DANCE
“Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it.” ― Stephen L. Carter, The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln “You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter… Read More ›
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TEACHERS CAST A VOTE
“Investigations, meditations, careers, relationships were much the same, he mused. They failed because no one thought to ask the right question.” ― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra “Do not be so quick to accept as truth what is only conjecture.”… Read More ›
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A DOLLOP OF EVERYTHING
“The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.” ― Bruce Springsteen “I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the… Read More ›