Author Archives: Boz

Raise: Advent Word 5

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Boz

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 pace of the Advent word-a-day project. But #5 on the … Continue reading →

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Time: Advent Word 3

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Boz

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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Visit: Advent Word 2

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Boz

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 →

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Unexpected: Advent Word 1

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Boz

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 →

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Misinterpreting Emerson: A Meditation on Consistency, the Constitution, and American Exceptionalism

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Boz

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 →

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Wilmer and Friends . . . Old Friends

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Boz

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 →

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Waiting Room

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Boz

Of the many words of Just(e) Words, some have become leitmotivs intertwining the preoccupations of my mind with the events in my life. In fact, I find comfort in the notion that body and soul are so firmly bound together … Continue reading →

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Fatty, Fatty, Two by Four

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Boz

A fat child For the illumination of those who didn’t bear the sting of the taunt that inspired my title, let me quote: Fatty, fatty, two by four, Couldn’t get through the bathroom door, So she did it on the … Continue reading →

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Everything Calm on the Occidental Battlefield: Or, Plagiarism 101

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Boz

What follows is a literary analysis I received at the end of the spring semester in one of my English 112 classes. My first clue that something was amiss was the title in the first sentence–and the fact that it … Continue reading →

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10,000 Steps (and Photos?)

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Boz

Almost three months have passed since I last posted here–by far the longest dry spell since I started writing in 2016. Not accidentally, this hiatus coincides with my newly rediscovered passion for fitness. Last May, my family doctor told me … Continue reading →

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