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”
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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”
Imagining Someone, Somewhere, Something Different
Good late afternoon (but it is already dark) Hello from my little room in the dorm. It is barely 4:30 in the afternoon, but it is already dark. The students went to the salt mine in Wiekiczka this afternoon following morning culture class and lunch. I came back to the dorm and did a bitContinue reading “Imagining Someone, Somewhere, Something Different”
Critically Thinking in a Surface-Oriented World
Hello from Bydgoska 19C, My brain is whirling, but my body is tired, so I might sleep a bit and come back . . . we’ll see what happens. Well . . . the typical happened; much like when I make a road trip and need a break, the power nap works very well. ThoughContinue reading “Critically Thinking in a Surface-Oriented World”
