Archive for February 2024
Doing B Work
Today on Facebook, I saw someone post anonymously to ask for help. They are struggling with all that is coming at them, and they were hoping for some guidance. I shared a short version of my story leading to a priceless moment of mentoring earlier in my career. It was somewhere in the 1992-93 academic…
Read MoreThe Magic of Writing by Hand
High school in the 1970s was so very different from what students experience today. One difference was the dress code. Boys couldn’t wear their hair below a standard shirt collar. They could however tuck their hair under a cheap wig. Some of them hid truly beautiful hair underneath the cheapest, nastiest wig you ever saw,…
Read MoreLessons from a Hamburger Stand
Forty, or so, years ago on a hot September evening, I found myself working at a hamburger stand during the West Texas Fair and Rodeo. I was volunteering for the Abilene church I had recently joined, and this was their big fund-raiser each year. I worked there several times over a couple of years. We…
Read MoreWhat Does Progress Look Like?
And suddenly we’re in February. I saw many folks on social media this month bemoaning the length of January, but I’ve always thought of February as the longest month. I don’t really know why, maybe because having grown up in the southern tier so I’m ready for spring by mid-February. Regardless, the year is well…
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