I am sad today.  Not desolately sad, not heartbroken, not sobbing on the floor, but sad in that way that even the bright sun on the clear snow cannot lift.  Sad such that shapes of the icicles cannot move me, and I have to force myself to see the wonder in them rather than cursing them as symbols of a cold dark winter that threatens to stretch on ( Read more... )

This is from my friend lillibet. She got it from her elder sister, who got it from a student who has Muslim family members in Dayton. I am appalled and saddened by this, and particularly by the failure of the media to report on this, so I thought I'd spread the word and ask you all to do the same. Please, if you can, talk about this with your students, ( Read more... )

Things that are worth noting in my life, in no particularly order ( Read more... )