It’s that time of year when college teachers really do work. Finals, essays and other projects pile up in a seemingly endless heap. While pondering what grade to give a particular student I suddenly remembered being on the receiving end of zero grade. There was...
Long I stood pining over the Oreo section. When I was little there were only Oreos. Now the selection is wonderful. There are double stuff, triple stuff, orange flavored, mint flavored, thin ones (Why would anyone want a thin one?) vanilla flavored and then I...
This evening in my Child Development class one of my students presented a paper on sensory perception disorder. It manifests itself as a process that sends mixed and often times offensive sensory data to a child’s experience. To a degree all of us have this...
While Japanese diplomats were in Washington D.C. pretending to negotiate, a Japanese aircraft carrier was being positioned to launch a devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. On December 8 an incensed President Roosevelt began his declaration of war with the following words. “Yesterday, December 7th, 1941...
Don’t you hate it when someone comes up to you and says, “Do you remember me?” Chills run up your spine. Well, actually, it depends on the tone they use. If they aren’t smiling and lean in too close, that makes me want to run. ...
The little wise men and the shepherds were ready. The designated donkey jockeyed his hat bearing long ears. The little boy shifted his camel hump. Joseph was bearded and standing tall. The manger was waiting and the congregation was wondering why the delay. All were...
I have a confession to make. My favorite store is Dollar Tree. One never knows exactly what will be available. When wandering about I stock up on things I know I will eventually need. If I see my usual kind of toothpaste I will get...
Today is a day from Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. There are no birds, there are no squirrels. My bird feeders hang dormant. The suet feeders are untouched. Normally when this happens it is short lived because our neighborhood hawk is present. But this has been...
You know those commercials where the little old lady falls on the floor and cries out, “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” Well, it happened last night to my older sister. She lives alone and fell out of bed. She didn’t have to...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be something else or someone else? What or who would you be if you could just for 24 hours not be you? Would you be someone famous; an actor, a politician, an athlete, a gifted...