RIP, Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
Writing this blog post has been difficult. After all, what can I say about Steve Jobs that no one else …
Category Archives: Current Events
Remembering 9/11
Note: My diary entry that outlines the events of the week of September 11, 2001, is in a box in …
My Second Home
「七転びハ起き」(nanakorobi yaoki) “Fall seven times, get up eight.” – Japanese proverb I’m not sure what to write, but I feel …
“When, in the course of human events…”
Sometimes events happen that are larger, much larger, than us, that force us to view them, even if we want to turn away. Events that will be written down in history books, with much explanation as to how and why they came about, and what resulted from their existence. But, in the moment, in the whirlwind of the present, these events catch us up like pieces of paper, drawn inexplicably toward the vortex in the middle.
The Cultural Divide
Riding back home Friday night from a BBQ for students and teachers at the school where I teach, looking at …
