I had forgotten the peach. That was clearly the problem. I had made a note to myself there at the top of my lesson plan: “peach, lime.” We were going to be writing descriptive paragraphs, you see, and I thought I’d just bring some everyday objects to get us going. A peach is a lovely […]

than the peals of laughter, the squeals, the squirming delight of the child in bed, whose neck you are trying to reach with your mouth so that you can get all the sugar hidden there? than the brightest blue eyes, wisdom-filled, and honest laughter at a really and truly Grown-Up Joke? than the delighted laughter […]

The foot is getting better. I thought for awhile we had reached a kind of stasis, a kind of achy stasis, but I think we are still seeing improvements. Slow but sure. I’ve taken a few walks. Quite a few in fact, but nothing like the four and half miles that I was accustomed to […]

You know, I’m an intelligent person. I am. I have a college degree (with honors, thank you very much) to prove it. Moreoever, I am Very Nearly finished with a masters degree from Duke University. One has to have some kind of intelligence, doesn’t one? to be able to make those claims. What’s weird about […]

smarm \’smarm\ n [back formation fr. smarmy] (1937): smarmy language or behavior. from Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition, pg. 1177.

I haven’t written anything here in days. In Days. And it’s not because I’m out of town anymore, and away from my computer. That can no longer be my excuse. It’s not for a lack of ideas. I have, in fact, a list of things to write about in my blog. Some of them will […]

A man goes to the window to watch people passing by. If I happen to be passing by, can I say he went there to see me? No, for he is not thinking of me in particular. But what about a person who loves someone because she is beautiful? Does he love her? No, for […]

Dave George and Bill, friends since fifth grade