“earn what you can since everything’s for sale” ― Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales “The most important thing in the life of every man and every woman is not that they should never fall along the way. The important thing is… Read More ›
Education
LETTER TO METRO COUNCIL ENDORSING KEVIN STACEY FOR SCHOOL BOARD
I’m writing you this morning to ask you to please vote on November 5th for Kevin Stacey as the District 7 School Board Representative. His opponent, Ms Player would be a wonderful appointment for almost any government position, but this… Read More ›
RINSE, WASH, REPEAT
“You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn’t annihilate human nature.” ― Philip Roth, American Pastoral “Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.” ― Joyce Carol… Read More ›
THOSE UNKOWN DEMONS
“This idea of purity and you’re never compromised and you’re always politically woke, and all that stuff, you should get over that quickly. The world is messy. There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who… Read More ›
LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP
“Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.” ― Emily Dickinson “And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold.” ― Neil Young “Did… Read More ›
FLEETING MOMENTS
“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” ― Flannery O’Connor“ Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully. “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit’s clever.” “And he has Brain.” “Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit has Brain.” There was… Read More ›
AN EDUCATIONAL CONVERSATION WITH MNPS’S INTERIM CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER DAVID WILLIAMS
My latest educational conversation is with MNPS’s Interim Chief Academic Officer David Williams. We meet at his house where he lays out a spread that includes smoked wings and ribs. The food is delicious and the conversation is equally interesting…. Read More ›
THE PROCESS MATTERS
“And yet it was true: the responsibility was huge, but there is nothing about being a father that I don’t love. I even found the toddler tantrums weirdly charming. You think you’re being difficult, my little sausage? Have I ever… Read More ›
APPRECIATE YOU
“That is the way it is with a wound. The wound begins to close in on itself, to protect what is hurting so much. And once it is closed, you no longer see what is underneath, what started the pain.”… Read More ›
STILL ASKING THE WRONG QUESTIONS
“Habit rules the unreflecting herd.” ― William Wordsworth “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… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 