- Hair
- A Fordham Cap
- You just never know: Rhetoric in sending a sympathy card
- Getting to Normal
- Biking — A Sidebar
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Hair
“Gimme a head with hair!” In 1969, I enlisted in the U.S. Navy. I was 23 years old, a college graduate, and had started a Master’s degree. The draft hung heavy over every young American male in those days. I was afraid of being drafted and sent to Viet Nam. Upon graduation from college, I…
A Fordham Cap
Alas, I no longer have the Fordham U. ballcap I bought about 25 years ago. I do have a story about it though. Teaching at Moravian College, I would sometimes use spring break to get a day in the city. Sometimes I’d have an agenda, but mostly I just wanted to feel the vibe on…
You just never know: Rhetoric in sending a sympathy card
There was this student — I’ll call her Sadie — in one of my classes at Moravian College in the mid-90s. She was one of those people whose body language in the first week of the semester said clearly, “I don’t want to be here.” I noticed but did not call her out. After a…
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