Click to see: Summary of Preceding Chapters 26 As we moved to a new vantage point in the hunt field, Diana yelled over to me, “Listen. The hounds are on something.” After a quick word to the third field master, she led me off at a gallop. Or, as I was learning to say, we […]
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If anything qualifies me for fish-out-of-water status in academia, it’s confessing to being a Donald Trump supporter. You see, I am an academic redneck, that one person in the group of college instructors at the upscale Japanese restaurant silently wondering if the sashimi would be better if it were fried and served with French fries,
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“Each time my feet touched the earth I knew my mother was there with me. I knew this body was not mine alone, but a living continuation of my mother and all my ancestors. These feet that I saw as ‘my’ feet were actually ‘our’ feet. Together, my mother and I were leaving damp footprints
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The idea of when to discuss sexuality with children has been contested over the years, but the general argument has boiled down to “when the parents think they’re ready.” Well, that’s true for the most part, but some kids don’t have a parent they can go to when they have questions. Thankfully, I did. My
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Week 1: Chapters 1, and 2 (pages 2-19—18 pages) –Exiting a plane, Diana Buchanan asks Wade Middleton’s help with a heavy saddle. He throws his back out. Guilt overcomes her conservatism; she drives him home. The next morning his friend Jorge Calderon comes seeking help at work. –When Diana asks Wade about his interest in
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Click to see: Summary of Chapters 1-22 of TSoH 23 Monday, the workweek came as a relief. Getting back to SnyderSound sales and my weekly update for Ray felt refreshing. I had to make a dozen phone calls to bring my information up to date. When I called the folks I’d visited in Chicago, they
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