Light reading

 I may yet do a "books I've loved" post, not sure though and thought I'd share this in the meantime. -- Literary fiction ...

1. My fiftieth birthday today.   2. This year was a crucible! In the end I think I did come out stronger, but word to the wise, don't te...

Brains are strange, they are frustrating, they forget their own self-knowledge every time and it is always almost a surprise -- the very gre...

For class on Wednesday, please read Nafissa Thompson-Spires’s story “Heads of the Colored People: Four Fancy Sketches, Two Chalk Outlines, a...

Pictured, L to R: Theresa, Helena and Caroline Richards in the late 1940s.   You can't see it in black and white, but Theresa's hair...

 It speaks to the nature of my workload right now that as I sat down this morning on the middle day of our one-week spring break, I decided ...

 I'm happy with this module page for my spring-semester lecture, and thought I'd share it here as a sample of the utility of dependi...

I appreciate the comforts of the modern world, especially infinitely downloadable books.  I like a hot shower and air-conditioning as much a...

 We all count it from different days.  My shelter in place really started on Thursday, March 19.  I'd seen it coming - I saw the footage...

Hmm, that's curious, I had a day 68 that was definitely published but now seems to have vanished.... COFFEEWRITING day 1 was a success...

At least I finally made the list?

Yesterday I taught my last class for the semester. It was a wonderful conversation and I am really going to miss these two groups of student...

A good week for the most part. I did a dissertation defense on Wednesday that entailed a lot of work but made me feel happy that I was actu...

Posting energy continues to be leached away by Facebook, good intentions notwithstanding. So, the opening gambit for today's seminar (...