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When I was a kid, my family used to drive down to Alabama almost every summer. We had relatives down there, and there would be canvas army cots all over the place at night. My Alabama cousins were many years … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Dear Parents, Siblings, Friends, Neighbors, Spouses, Fiancees, and Ex-Fiancees of my students: While I appreciate the concern all of you feel, from time to time, about the grades, attendance, and overall class status of the students in question, please allow … Continue reading
I didn’t need an alarm clock to wake me up this morning. How coincidental that I lectured my students on the New Madrid Fault Line just last week, and emphasized to them for the five billionth time that nothing important … Continue reading
This is my maternal grandmother, holding my mother’s older sister, who is my Cousin C’s mother. Mom told me that Mamaw was visiting one of her sisters in Indianapolis, and they took her to a studio to have the baby’s … Continue reading
I am feeling very petty today. No, not pretty, PETTY. This will be a very petty rant. I recognize it for its inherent pettiness and I am still upset enough to go ahead and let my pettiness show. Bear with … Continue reading
When my Other Sister and I were about fourteen and fifteen years old, more or less, Mom and Dad took us all to the Cincinnati Zoo. We stayed in a downtown hotel, and Other and I had our own room. … Continue reading