I have recently returned to golf after a 15-year absence, somewhat voluntarily. My son is getting older and more capable of the attention span a 9-hole round requires, and given our never-ending pandemic, we wanted something that all three of us could do together outdoors that’s more strenuous than walking Read more…
Last year, I was preparing to teach my first class in twenty years. I prepped my slides and discussed the in-person presentation with my boss. I was anxious, but didn’t realize a pandemic would completely shift how I had to teach my one-shot session – I had to teach via Read more…
Libraries and publishers have been in the news again as arbiters of cancel culture and censorship after the foundation that publishes the books of Dr. Seuss decided not to continue to publish six of his books. The foundation had determined that images of some minorities in these books are “hurtful Read more…
Not to be bleak or anything, but nothing makes you think more about your mortality and your finances when coping with the death of a parent. Over the last few months, I’ve insisted that I know more about my remaining parent’s financial situation while also examining our own fiscal positions Read more…
As we approach one year under our strange conditions, I find I’m weary. Of staying at home. Of juggling grad school and parenting and an internship and other work. And I’m tired of being tired. For a long time, I didn’t have the attention span for novels. My son was Read more…
I will admit that I had a hard time adjusting to pregnancy. Like most dancers, I have had a love/hate relationship with my body, particularly my waistline. Women need to be reminded to love their pregnant body and to embrace it as it changes, even if that means someone’s little Read more…
We’ve all told ourselves little white lies about our health and wellness. That cake doesn’t have that many calories. It doesn’t help if I only go for a quick walk. I’m too old to workout anymore. But those little white lies add up, in your cholesterol numbers, in your weakened Read more…
I will admit that my diet these days is closer to Santa’s diet than I’d like to admit. Now that my work is slowing down as the holiday grows near, there’s been a lot of baking and cooking in this house, and none of it would qualify for a low-cal Read more…
Honoring the spirit of exploration inherent in this class, I’ve created a presentation using Prezi, my first time using the software. While I created the presentation, I learned a few things about Prezi: Prezi presentations don’t embed in WordPress well. There are apparently a couple of plug-ins that might help Read more…
These readings hit me hard. While I’m sure I will do some more reflecting in my symposium post, I wanted to write something separate as well, to react to the last few readings on this topic. This is directed not only to our wonderful professor here, Dr. Stephens, but to Read more…