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Author Archives: Boz
Prime Time
Two years ago, in a post to commemorate my milestone of a 65th birthday, I wrote, “The numbers that would seem the most noteworthy are the primes, but we have opted to recognize the boring and uncreative numbers instead.” Today, … Continue reading
Rest: Advent Word 21
On December 1, the first day of Advent 2019, I penned for all the world to see, “I have decided once again to participate in #AdventWord, the global online Advent calendar.” I managed to complete meditations for days 1, 2, … Continue reading
Measuring Life in Semesters: I Am a Teacher
During what was probably the most important ten-plus years of my life, I was a member of a tiny parish in the Episcopal Church. Actually, it was so small that it was officially a mission, dependent upon the diocese for … Continue reading
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Tagged critical thinking, education, identity, meaning, student, teacher, writing
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Unity: Advent Word 7
Today we commemorate a day that has lived in infamy for 78 years–a day that also united our country as has no other event in history. I was not born for another 12 years, but as if from instant mutation … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, critical thinking, divisiveness, free speech, history, peace, unity
Tagged Advent, divisiveness, free speech, history, patriotism, Pearl Harbor, unity
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Raise: Advent Word 5
The end-of-semester avalanche–conferring with teary students, grading endless stacks of essays, registering advisees for next semester–has made me realize that I will not be able to keep up with the page of the Advent word-a-day project. But #5 on the … Continue reading
Time: Advent Word 3
Today, I will borrow my contribution from”Burnt Norton,” first of the Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot, my acknowledged maestro in all things Anglican. Whenever I ponder the word time, it is this poem that informs my musings: Time present and time past Are … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Burnt Norton, Four Quartets, poetry, T. S. Eliot, Time
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Visit: Advent Word 2
Visit me when you can, But when you do, Let me know you’re here. Knock on the door, Rap on the windowpane, Holler across the fence, Whisper in my ear, “I’m here.” For my senses have dulled, I neglect to … Continue reading
Unexpected: Advent Word 1
I have decided once again to participate in #AdventWord, the global online Advent calendar sponsored by Virginia Theological Seminary. Today is the first day of Advent and a wonderful day to return to my sadly neglected blog. Unexpected is a … Continue reading
Misinterpreting Emerson: A Meditation on Consistency, the Constitution, and American Exceptionalism
When I first started working as a disability examiner for Social Security, we had no desktop computers, just Wang terminals; nor could we communicate via email, just intraoffice messaging whose default was “reply all.” Hence, I established a wide reputation … Continue reading
Wilmer and Friends . . . Old Friends
The following conversation occurred late on a summer afternoon about fifteen years ago at a house on the shores of Lake Gaston, North Carolina. The participants were a guileless pre-pubescent girl named Victoria and her two much older auditors, Vicki … Continue reading