There's no way to start this piece that doesn't sound trite and/or hacky. "Life's been crazy, and I haven't kept up with blah blah blah." "Things are hard, and so many unexpected changes in my life blah blah blah." "In these trying times ..." *writer stabs self in eye* Anyway, I haven't dedicated enough (in …
Continue reading A Contest Announcement and a Bit of Accountability
To the Graduating Class of 2020,I’m not here to waste your time, so let’s not beat around the bush. This sucks. You’re not graduating from high school in the way you’ve spent the last dozen or so years anticipating. You’re not seated in an auditorium, gym, or park, your family, friends, and community crowded around …
Continue reading An Unsolicited Commencement Address To the Graduating Class of 2020
Dear Retiring Educators,This is difficult to write because, well, a lot of things are difficult right now. We’re all confronting situations we never imagined would happen in our lifetimes, and every day brings a new challenge. Milestones and plans fall to the wayside like hay chaff blown by a gust of hot, summertime wind. And …
Continue reading Thank You: An Open Letter To Educators Retiring During the Global Pandemic
“In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what …
As time goes by, I like to use Thanksgiving as a day to take stock of how my life has changed over the previous year. And I’ll do that again when Nov. 26, 2020, arrives. But as I watch how Americans are handling Memorial Day weekend in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I expect …
