An Hour A Day

Today is the first day of the second week of classes here at Hollins. Last week was an unusually structured week, as my class that meets Mon...

I've spent the last two days settling in at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA, where I'll spend the next six weeks teaching a cour...

The Children's Literature Association conference that took place last week in Columbia, South Carolina, was the usual dizzying love fest...

After two weeks of glorious idleness as I recovered from teaching Maymester, I embark tomorrow for six and a half weeks away. First I go t...

One week into my post-professor life, I can already see that I'm going to need to think harder about how to structure my days. When I ...

When I turned in my Maymester grades on Friday along with my Philosophy Department office keys, I pulled down the curtain on what I'm ca...

Do any of you remember the motivational slogan from a few decades ago: "Today is the first day of the rest of your life"? Well, to...