Good evening from Filet, The stress of both 8 months and the last two weeks sort of culminated in the same afternoon and evening (a spans of about 5 hours). When I tried to renovate a barn (circa 1880) and after deciding in consultation that it could not be saved, I began a project thatContinue reading “Trying to Understand”
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Grateful for a Life, but One too Short
Hello on a cold, but manageable day, It is in the single digits outside and for Pennsylvanians, but I actually like this kind of weather. Perhaps it is because it reminds me of being small. Perhaps it reminds me of the times I would play in the yard one particularly snowy winter and we madeContinue reading “Grateful for a Life, but One too Short”
39 Years
Hello from my upstairs, If my older brother were alive, he would be 65 years old, old enough to collect social security. It is late on the 9th of February as I begin to compose this latest post, but I am pretty sure I will not finish it tonight. Part of that is because itContinue reading “39 Years”
What if?
Good early afternoon from Starbucks in Selinsgrove, I quick trip over to check at Best Buy to replace a cord I have lost (actually I lost an entire bag of things), and I can see Melissa, Jordan, and their father merely rolling their eyes and shaking their collective heads. This loss might be one ofContinue reading “What if? “
A Year from Now?
Hello from my office, When we wake up a year from now, the United States will have a new president spending their first full day as the leader of an immensely diverse populace that will have somehow determined that he or she (and at least at the moment that seems to be a distinct possibility)Continue reading “A Year from Now?”
Throwing a Rope
Good morning from Costa and Kraków. We are down to the last 48 hours in Kraków and I got up early to do some work. Students have the morning off, though, as usual, some did not read the syllabus and were clueless about the morning schedule. Others are certainly sleeping in as I heard theirContinue reading “Throwing a Rope”
The Complexity of History
Hello from the bus once again, We have completed our two days in the Czech capital of Praha (the Czech spelling of Prague). Yesterday we were in various areas of Prague, the new area, the palace area, and we walked through some of the lesser area. Today we spent most of our time in theContinue reading “The Complexity of History”
A New Experience
Hello from a bus seat, early in the morning, Our not so little group is bus-bound for the Czech Republic. We are actually at the border as I write this. There is little that happens for us, however, as passport checks are random. I guess if we were coming from Hungary, things would be aContinue reading “A New Experience”
Understanding that which is Illogical
Hello once again from the dorm room, I am back after a bit of a long, albeit enjoyable and enlightening, day. It was a great day as far as class and culture and that is really what this trip is about. Dr. Polyuha and I have spoken about the importance of the academics as wellContinue reading “Understanding that which is Illogical”
525,600 Minutes
Hello from my dorm room in Krakow, Most of you will see this title and instantly think of the Broadway play or the movie of the same title, Rent. It is actually one of my favorite movies and the song ranks right up there also. But this measure for me as I begin to typeContinue reading “525,600 Minutes”
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