My wife informs me that every year, in December, I pile up far too much intensive work for us to really enjoy the holidays while I try to meet all my unrealistic deadlines. Then, I have an emotional crash (not unusual for an empathic and
Playing hammered dulcimer tonight for our SSU Christmas Banquet. Always a joy to shimmer the strings in the candlelight.
The first PowerSnow has just fallen on us here at St. Stephen’s University. It’s absolutely beautiful. We collected trees and boughs of long needle white pines this afternoon in the forests of New Brunswick. Yet, the shovelling has got to go. Human beings – we
Grading some beautiful papers and exams for my students today. I’m continually amazed at the versatility of the mind, to find its way through a labyrinth of thoughts and to weave a cohesive set of ideas from it. From chaos to crisis to resolve.
Tonight Peter Fitch, my daughter and I, and some friends, are leading a brief Christmas service a local funeral home puts on yearly for those who have lost a loved one this year. We lead a few carols, I’ll offer a short reflection, and Peter
