I found out today that my former co-worker died a couple weeks ago. I’m posting a few photos to remember him by. The last one…
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Bart Everson, media artist in the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, will present “equinox mandalas: a digital media arts process” THURSDAY (April 23) from…
I was honored to stand with over a dozen parents, teachers, and former board members, to speak in support of the Morris Jeff United Educators…
When I first met Ms. Foxworth, just 18 months ago, I was taken aback by her manner. She was quiet — very quiet. New Orleanians are…
The nearest airport is in Connecticut, so when your plane lands you still have a good long drive to get to Amherst. You talk to…
I’ve been doing it again: writing elsewhere. I’ve just finished up a series of six essays for College Contemplative on the topic of “Contemplative Faculty…
In the recovery planning efforts that followed the flooding of New Orleans, we often heard the mantra that we need to have “the community involved…
Why We Pulled Our Daughter Out of a Private Suburban School and Enrolled Her in Public School in New Orleans — a headline intended to provoke.…
Monday morning we got up bright and early. After breakfast I dressed my daughter in her new uniform. Then we got on the bike and…
Watching The Theologians this weekend reminded me: I finished work on another movie earlier this summer and never wrote about it. It’s a five minute…
What’s in an Acronym I work at an HBCU. That acronym is not recognized by my spellchecker, nor was it in my vocabulary until I…
Over the past year or two I’ve become increasingly interested in the idea of contemplative pedagogy. This is the notion that we can foster a…
Today was Persephone’s first day of school ever. She’s going to a small Catholic school on the West Bank of Jefferson Parish. I never thought…
It’s become a tradition to take a photo of Xy as she heads off to her first day of classes. I realized this morning that…
So yesterday I was over at Dr. Tim T’s office in the music building, helping the good doctor sort through some video issues. Midway through…
Today Tomorrow I am celebrating a dozen years here at the University. That means we moved to New Orleans twelve years and a couple weeks…
This used to be a mellow time of year for me. Mostly I work with faculty, and faculty tend to get very busy toward the…