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How It Started
(NOTE: I’m doing two entries today because I missed Saturday.) I was six years old when my youngest brother was born. I can’t remember how I reacted when the people who were babysitting me informed me that I had yet … Continue reading
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Hard Advice
Just about anyone who has ever wanted to write has sought advice from an expert of one sort or another. I certainly have. I have been chasing this particular dragon since I was a kid, beginning the year I turned … Continue reading
The Big Question
So…I started teaching professionally (officially) in 1985. I was interviewed by Hector Madrid, the principal of Deming High at the time, and his assistant principal and activities director. They were all three at a convention in Albuquerque, and I drove … Continue reading
Bookish
A couple of years ago, I came up with an idea to put on a community party, of sorts. I had been running a small publishing house of my own with only limited success, and I began to form a … Continue reading
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Blocked
So…I have never had writer’s block. Can you hear my knuckled tapping wood? What I have been is frustrated and over-obligated so that I could not keep up with this blog. I have had all sorts of ideas about what … Continue reading
Mom’s Return
I can’t believe how many days it has been since I’m logged in to let folks know what’s happening at Casa McCollaum. So…rather than go into the grim details, I will say that mother seems to be on a more … Continue reading
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Two More
Today we add working thesis from my two remaining Seniors. The first is examines way in which violence begets more violence. The second explores how Heathcliff falls from remade man into mad monster. Let’s hope the essays are as pleasing … Continue reading
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Two in One Day
On 14 September 2015, two men were crowned American Ninja Warriors. The first was a man thirty-six years old, a camera man, a father, an athlete and a philosopher. The second was a mountain climber, a busboy, an athlete and … Continue reading
Wuthering Heights and the Working Thesis: It’s About Time!
How long has it been? I’m ashamed of how little work I’ve done on my blog. It has been months since I last wrote. I actually have a backlog of ideas on my desk. So be it. We must begin … Continue reading
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Happy Bastille Day
Today is my youngest brother’s birthday. I wish I could be with him this day, but as I am a big stick-in-the-mud and he is the-life-of-nearly-every-party (excepting, of course, my other brothers in their turns), it is probably just as … Continue reading
Choosing Ebenezer 