Kind People Doing Their Jobs

My new place of employment has a great system for a number of services.  There are two options for submitting items (such as class syllabi) for printing–one digital, one hard copy via intracampus courier.  Since I couldn’t get the technology to work for digital submission (password issues, I guess, which I will get sorted out [...]

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On the Edge at Dusk

I passed one of my favorite spots along the road driving home tonight at dusk.  I love this place in the road because it speaks peace and beauty to me.
Just before reaching one of the busiest traffic corridors in our city, there are wetlands.  I love it that this bit of wildness exists juxtaposed with [...]

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Life Lessons After the Wedding

Don’t you love weddings?  Today’s nuptial event united two dear friends who have found love and each other in the “September” of their lives  The celebration was a beautiful expression of some of the greatest of life’s treasures–family, friends, music, and love–especially God’s love.
Post-wedding, when pondering life’s good things was the mode, I opened my [...]

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Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Zach had to work till closing time tonight at Chick-fil-A.  On the way to pick him up, I passed three bars–”taverns”, if you will.  All of the parking lots were full.  It was a little before 10:30PM on a Friday night.
On Fridays during the 5PM hour, “Pat’s Pub” is the feature on local talk radio.  [...]

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Tingling in the Green Zone

It’s happening again.  I recognize that old, familiar rush.  It’s what happens when I’m where I’m supposed to be doing what I’m supposed to be doing.
I’ve got a new job.  I’ll be teaching two courses (three classes) of reading strategies at the local community college.  These classes are designed to review read-to-learn skills and help [...]

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