Wednesday Blog

  • The Longest Commute, Part 1

    Over the last 3 years I have driven between Kansas City and Binghamton, New York twelve times, that adds up to around 15,600 miles of driving in total. It’s a lot of time on the road, and in the last few weeks I’ve begun to think of this period in my life as my Years Read more

  • School’s Back!

    It’s that time of year when families are running for school supplies, uniform shops are in full swing, and parents count down the days until their kids aren’t around all day long anymore. Yep, school’s back! I remember the eagerness I always felt at the start of a new academic year, yes, I’m that much Read more

  • Summer School in Irish

    Bhí mé ag staidéar Gaeilge an Samhradh seo le Gaelchultúr ar Zoom. It’s been a while since I’ve been in a formal Irish class, but when I saw the opportunity from Gaelchultúr to take classes scheduled for the North American evening hours on Zoom I jumped at the chance. Irish has a special place in Read more

  • Artemis

    As long as I can remember I’ve known Neil Armstrong’s now immortal words “It’s one small step for Man, one giant leap for Mankind.” They were spoken a couple decades before I was born at a time when my parents were themselves children. I think I may have recognized Armstrong’s voice earlier than many other Read more

  • S’Wonderful

    Have you ever thought about the words you use to show appreciation for something? Or better yet, have you ever considered what the words you use to show excitement mean? You might say a very modern “cool,” or a more traditional “good,” or a Midwestern “neat,” or a more midcentury “groovy.” There could be a Read more

  • To Gaze into the Past

    Historians like me spend our working days trying to understand past generations, to see their worlds through their eyes and to interpret that world in a way that’s understandable to our modern audiences. I for one would love to see the sloths that my dissertation focuses on as they lived in their own time and Read more