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so here we are in the field... · 3M ago

Pearls Before Breakfast - washingtonpost.com

Reblogged from so here we are in the field...: Pearls Before Breakfast – washingtonpost.com This is a VERY good article from the Washington Post Magazine.  It won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for Gene Weingarten.  The experiment was to place one of the worlds greatest violinists playi
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so here we are in the field... · 4M ago

Distracted…joyously so! GEAUX TIGERS!

I’m writing this about 11 hours before the kickoff of this years BCS Championship football game between LSU and alabama. I should be doing lots of other things this morning. I have lots of work related writing to do. I have 3 books that need to be read as research for the previously mentioned writin
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so here we are in the field... · 5M ago

living in exile…a voice in the desert!

It was the title that caught my eye…”What do low-income communities need?” Intriguing. Definitive. Hopeful? Maybe…I clicked the link and read the article in hopes of finding the answer. After reading it, I’m not sure I necessarily “liked” what I read. But, I still felt compelled to post the link on
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so here we are in the field... · 5M ago

100

100 posts That’s a nice round number. 32,027 words WOW!  that’s a surprising number! Clicking the “publish” button on post #99 the other day made me aware that the next time I clicked that button would be for post #100…a good time to reflect on this little 3 year old experiment I’ve called “…so…here
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so here we are in the field... · 6M ago

WIFI Prayers and Hugs Withheld

My last post focused on the hopeful tone evident at this year’s US Conference on AIDS in Chicago.  While there is still much work to be done in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the end of the epidemic is actually a realistic possibility.  However, with these consecutive posts, I want to be careful and no
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so here we are in the field... · 6M ago

…nobody will read this…

(That is an awkward title to this post but I know if I use “HIV” or “AIDS” in the title people will probably not read it…hope you forgive me and continue…)  I was privileged to attended the 15th annual US Conference on AIDS hosted by the National Minority AIDS Council. I attended as a volunteer [...
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so here we are in the field... · 6M ago

We Grow Accustomed to the Dark

A poem by Emily Dickinson… We grow accustomed to the Dark— When Light is put away— As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp To witness her Goodbye— A Moment—We uncertain step For newness of the night— Then—fit our Vision to the Dark— And meet the Road—erect— And so of larger—Darknesses— Those Evenings of
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so here we are in the field... · 11M ago

Mumford and Sons and the Gospel

I’m reading Sarah Vowell‘s book Unfamiliar Fishes which was recommended to me by a college friend.  He and his wife (also a college friend) and daughter spent the weekend with us at Bonnaroo.  The book is a brief history of the evangelization and annexation of Hawaii and its eventual adoption as a s
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so here we are in the field... · 1Y ago

typewriters

When my daughter came home from school talking about a “keyboarding class” a couple of years ago, I assumed she was talking about a music class.  It took a little more conversation for me to understand what she was talking about.  ”Oh, TYPING class”, I exclaimed as communication finally dawned.  ”Wh
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so here we are in the field... · 1Y ago

Start What You Need

I’m one of the “littles“…( a FAN of the Tony Kornheiser radio show).  I listen to the podcasts of the show religiously when I’m on the road.  It’s funny, smart, snarky and covers topics from sports, politics, movies, culture, food, etc. (frankly whatever “Mr. Tony” wants to talk about).  For WAY mor
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