December 16, 2016
Finally, after 3-1/2 long years, I graduated. Didn’t you just do that, you may ask? This time it’s for real. It’s official. The asterisk beside my name in May, when I walked in the commencement ceremony in Asheville, has now been removed. Last night, as I stood for two hours in an open doorway, blasted by arctic air while […]
Read More →May 15, 2016
I have now officially walked in Lenoir-Rhyne’s Asheville campus commencement for my Master of Arts in Writing degree at the Thomas Wolfe Center for Narrative (what a mouthful!), but I’m not quite a graduate. Not yet. I have an asterisk next to my name, meaning I lack six hours before I officially complete my degree on December […]
Read More →May 11, 2016
In anticipation of Saturday, I’m being a bit nostalgic and thought I’d post photos of my previous three graduations. The first one was 54 years ago. Funny that I graduated from a Lutheran high school, and now it’ll be a Lutheran university. I’ve come full circle and I’m not even Lutheran. (In case you can’t […]
Read More →February 24, 2016
You know the mythical wall that marathon runners hit – about 4/5 of the way through the race? They simply run out of energy. They’re so tired they want to give up, but if they muster the strength to somehow push on, they usually get an extra boost at the end. Or so I’m told. […]
Read More →July 30, 2014
One of my dearest friends from the Old Days in Eastern Europe came to visit this weekend. I took her upstairs and let her choose which of our two guest rooms she preferred. Then I let her pick her towel, in an assortment of colors. The next morning, she had the weighty decision of which […]
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