--> Happiness as you age takes on a different shape.Not so much setting out cookies for SantaAs cleaning up the crumbs afterward, smiling,Satisfaction with the illusion.Not so much stumbling down Christmas steps To tear bright Santa-laden paperBut the settling into...

I always tell my comp classes about Emmitt Smith. I'm not a big NFL fan (or even a little one), but I read an article about Emmitt in Sports Illustrated while in the Orthopedic and Fracture Clinic waiting room once. He says that his high school football coach told...

I have been cleaning out my email...because I never have time to do so!I found an email from a librarian I know in the Des Moines area. She sent me this months ago, and somehow I missed the email.  (Thank you, Ann for sending it!)So glad to find it today. A...

UBUNTU: A South African term meaning "I am because you are." It celebrates the connectedness of all of humanity. The speaker in this video (who came to California to do a TED Talk the very day that Mandela's death was announced) talks about how UBUNTU also transcends...

I'm soooo tired of grading. But I tell myself it's okay.My house is a disaster by the end of finals. Always happens. I do a pile of dishes while the coffee brews, and that keeps the bigger pile from taking over the kitchen.However, at the moment, which is a couple...