by AuthorSue | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorised
I have a dear friend who has many wonderful qualities. She is funny, generous, kind and sensible. But she is also a voracious reader, and a reader who knows what she likes, makes informed and solid opinions, and is happy to share her discoveries. I’m very lucky...
by AuthorSue | Jul 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
I have been keeping a journal for decades. Historically, I haven’t written in them each and every day. Sometimes I’ve gone a month or more without journaling. But the shelf of black, lined Moleskin books stands as a testimony to how important these...
by AuthorSue | Jul 1, 2020 | Uncategorised
I thought I was going to write about something else in today’s blog post, but then I read this article and knew I wanted to share it along. It is written by the President of Wesleyan University, Michael Roth, and appeared in the recent issue of Inside Higher Ed....
by AuthorSue | Jun 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
Here is a poem I wrote a short while ago. How Close is Distant What if the woman across the street slapped her toddler’s tear-streaked...
by AuthorSue | Jun 16, 2020 | Uncategorised
Over the past weeks, we have begun to take part in conversations about race which are long overdue. Many of us are having uncomfortable, although necessary, conversations. I can only hope that these conversations will catapult us all into enacting the changes so...
by AuthorSue | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
photo courtesy of Allan Warren Every generation has a few voices which ring with a special clarity. If you are lucky enough to have access to an education which allows both teachers and students to open themselves to the sounds of those voices, then those words become...
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