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Feeling For, Feeling With, Felt For

LesApr 3, 20235 min read

All are good, even necessary. All can detract, if not practiced thoughtfully. (General disclaimer.  I’ve tried to write on this subject at least twice in the past few years.  None of it ever felt like it got finished, and, I don’t claim any knowledge of this subject, having done very little if any research onRead More

Something about a Woman

LesMar 27, 20236 min read

It generally happened somewhere midway through the school year, that my students would become curious about a certain subject. I suppose, if we were to be real here, they had been curious about it for some time already, and maybe…

Bygones

LesMar 20, 20235 min read

(Warning.  This post has the potential to go nowhere.) If I step out my back door, and walk to the edge of the tree row that surrounds this place, I can take in a view that always amazes me. On…

Interested

LesMar 17, 20231 min read

“Did you notice the look on your niece’s face yesterday?” “When.” “When you had her little boy on your lap.” “Oh, you mean when I was reading the book to him?” “Yeah.” “Are you talking about when he started pointing…

Whether to Laugh or Cry

LesMar 15, 20232 min read

I see three of them. Sitting in a booth at Pizza Hut. They are friends; they are in a good mood. They eat their pizza, and they talk lots.  And every little bit, they break into a chuckle, sometimes a…