On the Way Home

 "Page by page I slowly and lucidly reread everything I've written, and I find that it's all worthless and should have been lef...

 One of the things that Cyndi and Steve and I often remark upon, quietly and privately, is how few students actually say thank you after the...

 My students clearly have too much time on their hands. To be fair, Wehmeyer is demonstrably shorter than me.

 And my former student Miranda sent along this picture from an earlier birthday, in this case in Zanzibar, when I led her class there. I...

 Recently I celebrated my 63rd birthday (as is well-documented I don't like birthdays which end in a _3 because you can't pretend th...

 "The countryside is always where we aren't. There, and there alone, do real trees and real shade exist. Life is the hesitation bet...

 One of the great joys of our recent trip west was spending a couple days with my long-time friend Dave (it will be forty years in 2024 - al...