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The Exquisite Joy of Being Known

“You live!” The woman with the firecracker pixie cut did a double take and bounded for me. We couldn’t remember each other’s …

The first of three alarms would blare at 5:30 a.m., with back-ups set for 5:34 and 5:36, respectively. (I learned after the …

Like most college professors the day after finals week, I should be grading. The paper piles, more than half-vanquished but still huge, …

Over the last couple weeks, I’ve spent a good number of days at the airport with my father-in-law, Ray-Dad, wrenching on airplanes. The …

Seems like just yesterday that I typed my Maiden Voyage post, launching the Blue Muse on August 3, 2009 as a mechanism to …

Played grease monkey with my father-in-law last month as he taught me how to conduct the annual inspection of the Cessna 182. …

For once, an ultimatum worked. I told T: “If the tree doesn’t come down today, I’m going to leave it up all …

Auntie Shawna and baby Satyana. If you guessed that my favorite experience of 2013 involved finishing the dissertation or graduating with a …

“Do you need to be smashed and tickled?” Mr. T asked. “Yes!” I replied without thinking, although I tried to amend with, …

What my Spring should bring–“Private eyes” tulips. Photo credit. Today I planted 50 wishes. Well, tulips, actually. On this chilly but bright …