Nine years ago today, I bid my mother a final farewell. I remember it clearly, sitting in the small hospital…
As an academician, the year’s end is marked by the waning days of summer, the beginning, fall. I count the…
Dixie was my friend. Those of you who share this privilege know the breadth and depth of those four simple…
After the loss of my parents in 2006-2007, my casual interest in Eastern Philosophies, particularly Zen, was transformed from interest…
Today has an ephemeral feel to it. Not because we pause, collectively, to offer thanks. Not because this day honors…