Author Archives: thewritingprofessor55

Hello on the last day of Spring, Currently I am sitting outside Panera waiting for a former colleague, a treasured friend, and one of the most intelligent people I know to join me. I met them my first fall at Bloomsburg, and we have managed to stay in touch for all the time I haveContinue reading “Letting Go – Moving On”

Hello on a warm and humid afternoon. Over the past few days, the humidity, the billowing, cotton ball clouds, and the sweltering temperatures remind me of my Midwestern roots or my summer working wheat harvest in Northern Texas, Oklahoma, or moving up through Kansas toward the eventual Canadian border. A 4:00 a.m. thunder explosion ofContinue reading “Half my Life; and In Four Weeks”

Hello on a cloud, humid, almost-summer morning, I have been working in my office and it is almost noon, so I am going to be out an about doing other work for a bit. As I meander about my daily routine, seldom does it occur that there is not some music in the background. IContinue reading “Music as a thread of Life”

Hello from my office on a day that seems to hint a seasonal change, The desire for Spring only grows more fervent as each day seems to say we’re not there yet. It is amazing how easily we are spoiled by a few warm days and the incredible natural motivator, also known as the sun.Continue reading “Attempting to Understand our Inhuman Behavior”

Hello on an evening at the end of a long week, The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of emotions, events, and the wondering of how we have created the world we have. I started a blog post about my older brother who has been gone for two score plus five years, which isContinue reading “When it’s more than hypothetical; when it is beyond and something somewhere else”

Hello on a Winter’s Evening, It has been Estonian chilly out, and as I write this most of the Eastern seaboard is getting pounded by a nor’ easter. We have a flurry or two, a biting wind, and some iciness, but for the most part, we escaped this round. Of course, for what will beContinue reading “Clear and Present . . .”

Hello from my kitchen island, To say I have spent significant time here at my kitchen island since returning from our Christmas adventure would be a profound understatement; it is after 10:00 p.m. on a Saturday evening, and here I am. I have been diligently working on both the current Winter Term class and preparingContinue reading “Well Done Good and Faithful Servant”

Hello from the porch of my home away from home, During two weeks during the month of July I managed a driving “walk about. It was a journey ultimately covering 3,800 miles and some interaction with things that cover the entirety of my three score plus almost six years of existence. From specific dates asContinue reading “Traveling through the Decades”

Hello from a quiet moment. I am sitting in the loneliness of a quiet house at the moment and realizing how much I obsess on little things and how much I sometimes need to understand the why if something. I did not always comprehend my obsession with seemingly minuscule things, but I have been wellContinue reading “My Struggles with being OCD”