One of my students recently wrote a research paper arguing that corporal punishment should be banned in our country. I was familiar with his compelling arguments. Other students have made the same argument and backed it up with overwhelming evidence that corporal punishment is ineffective in changing behavior, can cause lifelong emotional damage, and inevitably…

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GRAVITY  for Gary on Valentine’s Day I do not thank gravity, or the world spinning nearly 900 miles per hour. No thanks to the sun rising behind my house, Apollo’s daily chariot race.   Spinning nearly 900 miles per hour, the Earth whirls—this is how you make my home. Apollo’s chariot racing across my sky…

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This is  very old post that I failed to post until much later. It is very odd to have a reader. I cannot imagine how anyone found this page, but someone did. And is following. Hello.  

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for Camille, a Gary story I have done a lot of stupid things in my life. I will tell on myself that I once kicked a car on a public street. It is only fair to myself to explain that I was crossing the street at the time, a block north of the Blue Moon…

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Many recommend that writers maintain a presence on social media as a way to promote themselves and their work. Sometimes, too, it is seen as a way of supporting other writers. Facebook, blogging, twitter, Pinterest, Instagram. Do these and other methods of online communication foster genuine social interaction? After active participation for a decade, I…

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Debate continues about use of laptops and phones in high school and colleges classrooms. Yes, why fight progress? Use them, say some. No, they are a distraction from the work at hand and normal human interaction, say others. A post on Mind/Shift reviews the range of opinions. Derek Bruff is a mathematician and director of…

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I am starting over. My concerns here will be promises to myself, usually about professional goals or obligations as a teacher, writer, and artist.

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