Story Time Wednesday: “I See You Everywhere”
When I run into friends and classmates on campus, more often than not they remark upon how frequently they see me. These friends and classmates tend to encounter me in...
An Ode to London Winter
In my Nineteen Century Literature class, we have been recently studying the poems of John Keats, who was well known for writing odes. I read his poems, reflected upon them,...
Remembrance Day: Navy Forever
I had only seen him as an ordinary man, a grandfather. He had the requisite hobbies and love of complex card games common to other grandparents. There was nothing extraordinary...
Winking
A few months ago, I wrote a post about awkward eye contact. I wrote that if you're interested in someone, it is better to try talking to them than to...
The Quarter Life Crisis
A few years ago, I heard my older friends talk about their experience of a ‘quarter life crisis.’ Of course I understood the premise of it, but the expression seemed...