My teacher In the last semester of the sequence of courses in which they learn academic writing skills, students at my university are required to write a research essay. This arrangement has a plethor… more →
Me, senescentwrote 23 hours ago: My teacher In the last semester of the sequence of courses in which they learn academic writing skil … more →
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wrote 6 days ago: Bachelors III in New York When Derek Sanderson, Jim Colclough, and Joe Namath opened Bachelors III i … more →
wrote 6 days ago: My father, Glenn G. Knight, lived 1914 to 2011 (97 years). My mother, Elizabeth May Knight, lived 19 … more →
wrote 1 week ago: “I remember the day he died,” I told my students recently, speaking of Robert A. Taft. It’s to … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday I was glad I don’t have any really debilitating physical ailments because, if I did, I wou … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday I met Leo Howe from south Devon, a hugely talented songwriter and musician, who has strugg … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: The dream of a lifetime is about to come true for me. I’m going with a church choir on a European to … more →
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wrote 2 weeks ago: So after my last posting here, I was reminded that I started this new blog to be different from my o … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: A book I know well says, “We will not regret the past, nor wish to close the door on it.” I have tri … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Platte River at Kearney, NE Today is my sister’s 63rd birthday. I can’t say I remember the day s … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: First, let me say—although you may not think this is true if you read to the end of this piece—I bel … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: Richard Bloch The center city of Dallas is a mystery to most Dallasites. A few decades ago the cente … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The Maddeningly Meticulous Wordsmith Sixteen of my students will appear in my office today for indiv … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Even though my first-year writing classes meet in a computer lab, and students do all of their writi … more →
wrote 1 month ago: My dad used to say that Democratic presidents start wars. In his experience that was (at least margi … more →