Evenings in Athens
After spending three days in Istanbul, I headed to Athens, Greece. This is what I saw when I got there... It might surprise you to know...
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I post bi-weekly about writing, editing, teaching, and travel.
May 21, 20235 min read
Why I Am a Teacher
The campus center at the University of Tennessee. In talking with a friend the other day, I realized I've never described the courses I...
Mar 9, 20231 min read
Busy Week
View of the Tennessee River from the visitor's center off Neyland Drive. It's been a busy week—too busy for my usual post on my trip. I...
Jan 22, 20232 min read
To Be Remembered
In this post, I stray from my usual writing theme, though you had better believe I edited this for hours before posting! Reflection of...
Jan 18, 20234 min read
The Black Church of Brasov
At the end of 2022, I spent one month traveling in Romania, Turkey, and Greece. I spent a little over two weeks in Brasov, Romania,...
Jan 5, 20231 min read
Come, Storm
Forest of my childhood braved, blazed, razed, consumed by the night. Stands solemn now in winter. Fights fire with ice. My dad and I...
Jan 1, 20232 min read
New Year, Same Me
I've lived through enough New Year's to know that nothing magical happens at midnight on December 31st. As a kid, I remember standing in...
Dec 29, 20221 min read
Home, Not Home
It's always strange, being home. Home where I was a child, where I became a not-child, where I am not a child anymore. I sat on this tree...
Nov 19, 20221 min read
Travel and Blogging
I am behind on posting, but that's no surprise. I may give up entirely until after my trip. Travel takes it out of you, and it's hard to...
Oct 27, 20222 min read
When Adventure Calls
I planned to write about writing today, but my heart just wasn't in it. I lost one a great post last Saturday, folks. It's going to be...
Oct 23, 20221 min read
Frustration
Well, folks. I'm frustrated. I spent the last three hours fine-tuning a post about target audience, but stupidly, I hadn't saved it...
Oct 6, 20221 min read
Lessons from Nature
I missed my post last Saturday; it was a rough day. I'm working on this Saturday's post; it's going to be a good day. On good days and...
Sep 29, 20221 min read
Ride
I went for a ride on Sunday. When I left my house, the sky was bright and gay. When I got to my halfway point — East Tennessee's...
Sep 24, 20223 min read
Consistency
So you want to start a blog? And you want to be successful? Good luck. There are more than 600 million blogs on the internet today...
Aug 27, 20223 min read
Confession
One of my favorite views in Knoxville is from the parking lot at U.T.'s visitor's center. Nestled into the hill on the west side of...
Aug 13, 20221 min read
Just start
Just start, they said. And so I did. After years of procrastinating, on a day when the power went out—when there was no internet; no...
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