There was a time in my 20's when each day seemed filled with endless possibilities. Where each moment built systematically upon the one before it. Orchestrating something which resembled music. A symphony upon which dreams were built. Choreographed by God himself? Now each day seems monotonous / monotonous / monotonous, windless, effortless doldrums. In which I … [Read more...] about For What?
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February 2014
As always I write here when it is late and I am trying to find the best way to set my mind at ease. I have been working all day, editing the PA-Life blog, creating a new virtual learning environment in which to teach online students, and then trying hard to make it all come seemlessly together. I have struggled here a bit and part of this come with the territory. Part of … [Read more...] about February 2014
The Undeserving Rich
Thank you Paul Krugman: That conservatives seem fixated on the notion that poverty is basically the result of character problems among the poor. This may once have had a grain of truth to it, but for the past three decades and more the main obstacle facing the poor has been the lack of jobs paying decent wages. How are children of the poor, or even the working class, … [Read more...] about The Undeserving Rich
To This Day – What’s It Like To Be Young And Bullied?
Instructions for a bad day Ted Radio Hour Overcoming We weren't the only kids who grew up this way to this day kids are still being called names the classics were hey stupid hey spaz seems like each school has an arsenal of names getting updated every year and if a kid breaks in a school and no one around chooses to hear do they make a sound? are they just the … [Read more...] about To This Day – What’s It Like To Be Young And Bullied?
My Day With Layla
I was thinking about my granddaughter, Layla, over Christmas and remembered a wonderful day she and I spent together last summer when I picked her up from Bible School. I didn't pay enough attention to where in the church complex Wendy told me I was to pick her up, so went to the wrong building and was taken to the wrong room. I was concerned when I didn't see her. A trip … [Read more...] about My Day With Layla