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My kinesiology students have been teaching me all about the dangers of a sedentary writer’s life. The research confirms that I must move more throughout

Today I learned several things that may or may not be true from students who heard this information from somewhere. I am so curious that

I asked my students another name game prompt: “What’s one thing you look forward to when you wake up in the morning?” My favorite answer?

I love asking students to interrogate every day objects and routines in their lives to find out what they signify. They consider what’s in plain

Just yesterday, we were covered in snow. Today, it melts, and my daughter Kate and I circle the house just in case we find Signs

When I come upon my cat, Merlin, resting in the sun, it’s irresistible: I’m drawn into the light. I have to get right down beside

Maybe I’m getting old. Today I arrive to campus to discover that I had left all my things–my purse, my bag of teaching supplies and

This morning, I notice how often we’re told that God “guards” our lives. In Psalm 97:10, we read that the Lord “guards the lives of

I’m writing about regional symbols of wealth for a project, and I ask my students what wealth looks like here in college. I had to

Five years ago, I convinced myself that a turtle was hibernating under our deck. When Spring came, I attempted to lure him out with treats.