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Denzel Washington, My Hero
Since his first appearance in St. Elsewhere, Denzel Washington has been one of my favorite actors. I haven’t seen all his movies, but his performance in Glory and The Great Debaters, which he also directed, are two of my faves. A couple days ago, I listened to him on...
Life at Kid Level
On Thursday I spoke at our town’s local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an organization for professional women. Several of the women were former teaching colleagues of mine an during the question and answer time, one of them asked me if I missed teaching. I didn’t want...
Mushy Friday
This morning, as I slogged down our gravel road, I could only think of one word to describe the weather on my first full day back in Iowa. Mushy. The road was mushy, pot-holed and slippery, unable to absorb all the rain we’ve received. Lawns were strewn with a mushy,...
Ordinary Blessings
In the last seven days I’ve seen so many beautiful things: California sunrises and sunsets, rolling desert mountains, palatial homes, the Pacific Ocean, the posh resort where the classic movie Some Like It Hot was filmed, the San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park, the Coronado...
Muriel & Me
One of the shining delights of this trip to San Diego, and there were many, was a visit with my grandfather’s cousin Muriel. She’s our family historian, so seven months ago my sister, Hiram and I flew out to pick her brain. When this speaking engagement in San Diego...
Going to Church in Style
In an effort to take advantage of the San Diego airport’s excellent Wi-Fi and upload this post before my plane leaves, I’ll be brief. Yesterday morning my kind hosts, Bob and Gloria, (both raised on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin so we had lots of midwestern...