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Choosing love over anger 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Antoinette Tuff went to her job at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy last week thinking it was going to be just another day. That lasted until Michael Hill walked into the school carrying an...
Baring all 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
image courtesy of photobucket.com Today marks the fourth day of my daughter’s junior high career. So far, it’s been a bumpy ride. She’s done everything she’s been taught, keeping that chest out and c...
Saying goodbye to summer 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
I write this late on a Sunday evening, sitting at my upstairs desk as the frogs and crickets sing along the creek outside. The house is quiet, dark. Everyone else is in bed. It’s just me up here, watc...
Angels unaware 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
image courtesy of nydailynews.com I really wanted Patrick Dowling to be an angel. Chances are good you’ve heard the story. Two Sundays ago, a young woman named Katie Lentz was driving to Jefferson C...
Signs of a season change 13 Aug 2013 | 07:18 pm
WARNING!!! DO NOT OPEN THIS DRAWER UNLESS YOU ARE MOMMY. ANYONE WHO OPENS THIS DRAWER WHO IS NOT MOMMY WILL BE IN TROUBLE!!! Taped to the top left drawer of my daughter’s dresser. Saw it last night w...
Three people 9 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
image courtesy of photobucket.com Though my workdays are normally filled with all the commotion and stress that a thousand college students can generate, the days between June and mid-August are mine...
Beautiful 6 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
image courtesy of google images. An hour ago: “What are you doing?” My daughter is standing on her bed and facing the mirror atop her dresser. She’s not looking at herself, not performing the sort ...
Handling the remote 2 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm
image courtesy of photobucket.com Sexist I’m not, though I must admit I believe there are a few things men have a firmer handle on than women. Just a few, mind you. Chief among these is the proper h...
A world of possibility 30 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
image courtesy of photobucket.com The book is about magic, which ranks high on my list. But it’s really about the secret behind all those magic tricks that enchant me, and that ranks pretty low. It w...
In praise of the inbred hick 26 Jul 2013 | 05:11 am
image courtesy of photobucket.com There are better things to be called than “an inbred hick,” and I had been called worse by many, but I had to admire the originality. And I wasn’t mad. The phrase wa...
