Third time’s a charm, or so I’ve always heard. In this case, “third time” applies to my decision to retire yet again from the field of education. And maybe knit a bunch or sweaters, or stare anxiously at my kids, or grow asparagus, and try not to lose my ever-lovin’, blue-eyed mind. And let us […]
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Writing it out
Picture this: I’m twenty years old and I’m writing in longhand. I’m homing in on a brilliant conclusion for a college writing assignment. My topic is to draw an analogy between the seasons of the year and the phases of a person’s life. I may be a baby who knows nothing of metaphorical evenings, but […]
The great watermelon caper
My sister Mary retired recently. Cue the language-nerd digression: “retire” has no common ancestor with “tired”; rather, it means to “pull back from.” So retired people are not necessarily exhausted. The Spanish word for retirement is “jubilar,” which shares a cognate with the English word “jubilation.” Thus, we can say that Mary has pulled back […]