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Jennifer L. Holberg

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The Hat Trick Semester

In my last posting here, I introduced you to jazz bagpipes as a metaphor for COVID-Thanksgiving. I was fascinated by the talent and enthusiasm of

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Permission Slip

This week is one of my favorite of the whole year. I adore everything about Thanksgiving. Always have. And here’s the thing: I spend pretty

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Cephalopodic Pedagogy

Last time, I told you that you needed to read a book about flies. Today, it’s a movie about an octopus. Recently released on Netflix,

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Flies and Tomato Blight

So…about that famous fly at last week’s vice presidential debate. Turns out, it was simply joining a long line of illustrious Musca domestica. I know

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Meeker Mornings

Midweek. I find myself muttering “how is it only Tuesday?” Perhaps your life, too, is a little bit of a whirlwind at the moment. I

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Teaching: Year 30

This morning—perhaps even as you are reading this—I’ll be beginning the new academic year. My 30th as a college teacher. And fittingly, I think, I’ll

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ICYMI: Summer 2020 Edition

I actually thought I’d watch more TV in the pandemic than I have. I’m not sure why I didn’t–maybe because I spent so many of

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All That We Behold

I try not to say this too often or too loudly, especially out of recognition and respect of those whose lives are very different, but

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