On a Trip to See Fall Leaves, September 2015 (for my husband) So it’s settled then. Some fall day I’ll come back here venture up a granite hill scatter the ashes of you, three golden retrievers, a first wife I never knew at this place so aptly named. I’ll look across to acknowledge the silent […]
I’ve just turned sixty, and I’ve developed an unexpected sensitivity. I wish I could say that I am now able to detect cosmic messages in twigs fallen on the lawn. Wouldn’t that be fun? No, although somewhat mystifying, this is a sensitivity to certain phrases about age. When I say, “I’ve just turned sixty,” to
“Check this out,” my friend Mickey said as he pointed to the car in front of us. It had a bumper sticker that read, “Honk if you love Jesus.” Mickey honked his horn and the driver rolled down his window and gave us the finger. “Happens every time,” Mickey said as he laughed. Colorado Springs
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Human reason operates as an unmatched force in the world. Because of this evolutionary trait, we have dominated the planet, effectively building power structures of governmental proportion to preserve and pass on our genetic data. Our species thrives because we learn, improve, and then learn more. The online community represents a potentially hyperconscious form of
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I didn’t discover that I wanted to be a teacher until I was halfway through college. I changed my major after two years of nursing school. Since the transition, I’ve never done anything else, and I love it. Finding a career and sticking to it seems to be a rare thing today, though. According to
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Getting booed by a class of thirteen-year-old girls only required four words from me: “I didn’t like Twilight.” The clamor subsided once I launched into some logical reasons behind the choice. Bella is a poor role model for young girls, too weak, cliché, and simple-minded to be inspiring or interesting. Likewise, the other characters’ motivations
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