“Everyday is a journey, and the journey itself is home.” — Matsuo Basho When I look out my front door now, I see a river shimmering just beyond a busy street. My life’s journey has brought me here, and along with it the challenge of feeling at home as much as possible in a strange, […]

When I began teaching high school English, I shared a classroom with a colleague who had papered the walls with various pictures bearing slogans designed to motivate our charges to strive to reach new and lofty academic heights. I don’t recall many of those posters specifically, but one that remains vivid in my memory was […]