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"I go to seek a Great Perhaps" is a much quoted line attributed as possibly the last words of the poet Francois Rabelais and coopted by John Green's protagonist in…

"I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but the trees are actually quite lovely."  In the iconic scene in The Princess Bride, Wesley optimistically tells Buttercup they…

Step one: move to Germany. Step two: learn German. I'd recommend the reverse order. I do things my own way sometimes though, and my life has followed that listed order.…

I just wanna be a sheep; baa, baa, baa, baa. That was my Sunday school jam, and I stand behind the sentiment. I'm also occasionally interested in sheep like following…

The premise of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is that a small teenage girl has the power and skills to take down big monsters on a regular basis. However, once a…

One of my favorite movies is Meet the Robinsons. I love it for a lot of reasons, but one of the characters keeps repeating throughout the escapades of the short…

My granny has been my biggest cheerleader since I was born (even though I kicked her in my sleep when we shared a bed one night two decades ago). This…

A combination of things has had me pondering my identity this week. I could wax on about that, but as I just finished reading a retelling of Hamlet with the…

My juniors are starting to tell me they have senioritis, and the seniors coming over for tea are more emboldened to ask for coffee as they talk to me about…

My students are incredible. I sat listening to a student describe trips to her home country akin to the plot of an action movie over cups of Dominican coffee gifted by…

The catheters were waiting for me Tuesday morning, and with the aid of some supplements, loads of raw garlic, harntee, liters of water, and unlimited bathroom breaks, I'm pretty sure…

I woke up yesterday to weird and wonderful news from one of my best friends as she called me the minute she was released from a vow of secrecy to…

Three years ago, I was sprung from REHAB for an evening to participate in our annual emotional Staff Appreciation Dinner (which we are roundly discouraged from referring to as SAD, but…

The sun came up over Kandern Monday morning just as it does everyday. Springtime means the golden rays light up this town earlier and earlier, but it was the first…

I gave a pretty sparse update last week and promised to deliver more today. I'm not one to disappoint, and the poetry of today's sermon being on the dry bones…

Spring is thinking about showing up in Kandern. It's tested out a couple days, and on those days, Cindy and I have walked around the fire station without braces. I'm…

Content warning: this blog entry contains description of nasty side effects of nerve damage. Leave now, and come back next week if you get grossed out easily.     When I…

Years ago, I listened to one of my favorite professors in college relate the story of running into a student at Safeway. Apparently this college student had not ever stopped to…