It’s happened three times now this semester: I’ve been somewhere (a lecture, a volleyball game, a plane), and I’ve unsuspectingly sat next to strangers who

I had another blog started for this week when I was absolutely arrested by a new poem from my friend, the brilliant poet, Jane Zwart.

I have been absolutely wowed by the autumn colors this year. I know other years have been good, too, but for some reason, this year

Perhaps, like me, you heard the NPR story this week about “puffling season”: the practice of pitching puffins off of precipices. Alliterative fun aside, this

The other day I heard on NPR’s “It’s Been a Minute” that, according to Nielsen, between February 2021 and February 2022, there were something like

School started again this week for me. I had been thinking about the fact that I’ve hit a career milestone–I’m beginning my 25th year as a

I’m technically on vacation right now. “Technically,” because I did spend time finishing a syllabus on Saturday and I did go into work today for a meeting. Well, and

Mid-week of Holy Week. Historically, at least in some traditions, called “Spy Wednesday” to focus on Judas’ turn away from Jesus and towards betrayal (i.e.