“Is it ok if I play music?” The algebra students had just begun the first part of their final exam. I didn’t want to break the silence, but I really wanted music while I graded the last few assignments that had somehow appeared the hand-in box since yesterday. (Funny thing how that happens at this […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
A Kind of Silence for Sunday
Sun, 10 May 2026, 07:28 PM (-06:00)
It’s getting down to the 30s up there, he said. It’s just him and Abernathy and the quiet up there in the woods on a chilly evening. There is a fire in the fireplace. He sent a photograph. The fading sun on the far side of the lake. Pink sky. Pink, still water. A blue […]
Not So Silent Sunday
Sun, 12 Apr 2026, 04:47 PM (-06:00)
Ki mint vet, úgy arat. He who sows reaps. — Hungarian proverb How about a bit of reaping here now?
Lizards and Salamanders
Mon, 6 Apr 2026, 06:23 PM (-06:00)
There are lizards here. There’s a brown Anole who by virtue of the brown must have been scurrying through the leafy underbrush. They are usually bright green like the one who was inspecting Trudy’s shoulder yesterday, having descended from the canopy to cast a dubious glance her way. But this one is brown almost orange. […]
I Got It!
Tue, 31 Mar 2026, 04:23 PM (-06:00)
“How do we do this one?” she shouted in exasperation from the middle of the room. “Which one?” he asked without looking up as he finished scribbling some notes. They were studying for a test. “The hardest one of the year,” he had warned them. This group was working hard (in contrast to the table […]
Two And A Half Months Late
Wed, 25 Mar 2026, 09:22 AM (-06:00)
We went to Boston last week. Finally. Two and a half months after that riotous day (January 6). The day when Lila arrived. A day we frankly had thought would never come. For two and a half months we watched the grandparents chat as the pictures and stories of other visits notified us of our […]