“So what did you think of blacksmithing?” friends ask. “I loved it,” I say. “Though it was one of those classes I could have loved or hated based solely on the teacher. Thankfully, I had a really good teacher.” In my ten weeks here at the Folk School, I haven’t just been studying blacksmithing, or…
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Two down, Two to go
“A world without Rebecca is not a world worth living in,” she said. A little extreme perhaps, but I appreciated the sentiment. She was the dean of the natural sciences department. I was a well-liked adjunct instructor of anatomy and physiology. I had just told her I was leaving her institution to adjunct at another…
To Rest, To Enjoy
“Hey – why not just enjoy your apartment for a while?” God said. Hmph. Imagine that, I thought. Over the last few months, I have taken time nearly every day to work on paring down my “stuff” in preparation for my year of travels. I’ve cleaned out files and closets and kitchen cabinets getting rid…
Back to the Future
“That’s a real one,” I said to the group of four nursing students as they pulled a vertebral column (backbone) out of their bone box. “What do you mean real?” one asked. I laughed. “Real. As in it used to be in someone’s body.” I watched as two of them lost all color and leaned…
Another Crazy Idea?
Not too long after I started teaching Anatomy &Physiology lab at a local college, one of the tenured professors asked me if I was considering getting a doctorate and teaching full-time at a college. “No, I don’t think so,” I said. “It’s a lot of time and money to get a doctorate. And I have…
Words That Made A Difference
I wasn’t always a very optimistic person. In fact, I clearly remember a time in my life when my mother told me over and over to “look on the bright side.” Mom tells me she doesn’t recall that. Which reminds me of a little girl on Oprah whose mother had passed away. The mother knew…
You Never Know Who’ll Show Up
With my first-ever organizing class just a few weeks away, I took off for my favorite place to do research: the bookstore. There are a ton of books about how to organize. The problem is that when someone wants to get organized, the best way to un-motivate them is for them to see a 300…
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