Ever find a dollar in a pocket while sorting laundry? It always seems like free money. I don’t know why I’m surprised–I put it there. But I still say, “Thank you, God,” or sometimes just “Woo-hoo!”You might know someone who… Read more ›
Keynote Address to the Golden Key National Honor Society on induction as Honorary Faculty26 March 2007. I was asked here this evening to offer some advice about success. The thing of it is, planning for the success itself is easy.… Read more ›
The Elbow is Just a Hinge Memories of my teacher, Harry Crews, who has moved on to the next good story: A Tuesday evening in Fall 1994, a classroom in Turlington Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville Mr. Crews interrupted Bruce’s… Read more ›
His father said, “Twelve is the best it ever is,” and sucked on his longneck. When he leaned his head back Tommy-Tom could see the veins on his red-speckled throat. “A man is never more fearless than when he was… Read more ›
One of my teaching mentors, Dr. Dennis Huston of Rice , taught me Shakespeare and described the classroom as a “magical space,” where people could better understand each other and themselves and gain insights into a subject which you cannot gain elsewhere.… Read more ›
