The other morning, I woke up from a bad dream. Feeling fragile, I tried to find my way over to John’s side of the bed. In my head, I imagined that I’d curl up near him and feel comforted. But, you know, the best laid plans and all. What actually happened was that my head, [...]
One of the great things about teaching this new humanities class is that I get to talk with my students about things other than American History that interest me. Their reading for yesterday was from Cradle to Cradle and I took the opportunity to engage them in discussion about things and why we’re so driven [...]
A life in academia is one that is full of expectations, by which I mean fulfilling that which is expected of you. You go to graduate school and it is expected that you get your PhD, not “just” your Master’s degree. You get your PhD and it is expected of you to go where the [...]