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In the fall of 1982 my parents sent their sheltered, high-minded youngest off to college in Wisconsin. During my first two years, I took maybe three or four classes with Marion K. Stocking, who, along with her husband David and Roxie Alexander, belonged to what fellow English professor Tom McBride referred to as Beloit’s greatest [...]

Karyn and I took a little vacay last week, along with my mom and the little furry one. We spent two nights in Vancouver and one in Victoria. The weather treated us well for the most part, and the border patrol waved us through without incident; in addition, the car ran smoothly and we arrived [...]

固いあめ 気をつけて,すずめ！ 機微葉陣で鵜二散らす。 That be my extra-credit project for the last class tomorrow. It’s a haiku from back before I retired from poetry. The gist of it is, “Sparrow, be careful: you’re dropping millet seeds on the sidewalk.” It has something to do with treating all life forms the way you would treat your most [...]

Comcast gives me a little window into an alternate universe every morning, one where these photos encapsulate the bubbliest seafoam of today’s news. Note that this is *not* the Lifestyle section.