Tag Archives: spirituality

On dirty jokes and love songs

Posted on July 2, 2010 by catbird2

When I first heard the Dave Matthews Band song “Crash Into Me,” I was only 17 and still not completely sure how the whole sex thing worked. My mother, bless her heart, had been a bit too tender and vague … Continue reading →

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If there is no God

Posted on May 9, 2010 by catbird2

If there is no God,                                                                                                                            Not everything is permitted to man;                                                                                             He is still his brother’s keeper,                                                                                                      And he is not permitted to sadden his brother                                                                             By saying that there is no God. — Czeslaw Milosz

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Words fail

Posted on May 2, 2010 by catbird2

Being a composition teacher requires a lot of imagination. Sometimes it takes fun imagination, like inventing news lines of inquiry or challenging students’ perspectives on a story – or coming up with a quick reply to a smart-aleck question from … Continue reading →

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All My Boxes

Posted on March 26, 2010 by catbird2

A classic, from the era of my return to the South I thought when I went to college in 1997 that I was leaving Alabama residence for good. I started with Nashville, but soon branched out to explorations of Austria, … Continue reading →

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