Friday, September 14, 2018
How I Spent a Semester Off
Fall 2007 and Winter 2007-08. There were a lot of normal things that I did during my leave of absence from Loyola College. I went on walks. I went to Baltimore Blast indoor soccer games. I boated. I went to movies. I watched sports and wrestling on television. I read. I volunteered at The Agency....
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Hurricane Buzz
September 2003. Hurricane Isabel was approaching and my Catholic high school was abuzz with excitement over the possibility of getting days off from school. I wasn't keen on that because if we got off, there would be loss of life and property damage somewhere. Mr. Thames shared that belief with me....
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Friday, September 7, 2018
What Will She Think of Me?
Monday, September 12, 2007. When I took a leave of absence from Loyola College, I didn't tell anyone except for Dean MacPhail. I wanted the process to be done and over with as soon as possible. I figured I would let my roommates, Loyola College PDS coordinator Anna Harne and student teaching mentor...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Water, Please
When Dad and Mom lived together, Dad would fall asleep watching television on the family room couch. He would wake up in the wee hours of the morning and head upstairs to bed. Along the way, he would stop into Ann's and my respective rooms and blow us kisses. When I was around 10 or so, he did that...
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Friday, August 31, 2018
Not Showing Up
Wednesday, September 5, 2007. I had made the decision that I was not going to pursue teaching. I had made the decision that I was going to take off a semester from Loyola College. There were two options that I could take in declaring that I was done with teaching. The first option was never a...
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