Musings on Vocation
As a teacher and student, I like to start my explorations into a topic by defining my terms and looking into the origins of key words. I won a season of Lincoln-Douglas debates on my defining “revolution” to exclude the American Revolution, thereby not allowing my opponents to justifying their arguments using that war. Mean? [...]
Honoring our Ancestors
Yesterday, I took off work from my government job to trek across town and join a small crowd of 25 people who gathered at Arlington Cemetery to dedicate the new headstone of Abe and Rosemary Kooiman. The day was perfect — warm and sunny with a cool breeze. Many of us knew one another through [...]
Wrestling with Magic
“Yes, I create magic,” I told the teenagers in the Comparative Religions class I talked to on Monday. I really didn’t want that question to come up, but the teacher asked me. I tried, but plainly faltered. No one who never experienced some type of magic will ever be convinced by me that it exists. [...]
Connections and Inspiration
I went to Arizona last fall for a combo vacation/elopement/honeymoon. We traveled to Phoenix, Tuscon, and Sedona, but my favorite stop (besides getting married or hiking up Bell Rock) was the little Mexican import store Suenos, where I danced with glee at finding inexpensive Day of the Dead statues. I decided to buy some Loteria [...]
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