I feel as if far too often people focus on the negative aspects of teaching… or of anything, for that matter. Sure, I get told to “fuck off” more often […]

Last night, we were honored to have a gathering of friends join us for dinner in our home. There was my old friend and mentor Paul and his wife Dianne. […]

A friend whom I met when he used to work at a local wine bar emailed a few days ago to suggest that I begin taking recommendations for wines to […]

Last semester, one of my graduate students “admitted” — not that this is anything criminal, that she recently googled “What can I do with a teaching degree besides teach?” It’s […]

Today was a bit rough. I woke up chipper before anybody else in my household and read several chapters from three different books while I knocked out my first four […]

It would have been enough that the first snow day of the year was called before 5:00pm the night before, allowing me to stay up past my bedtime with an […]

“Ah-yah-yah-yah!” Zooey yelled from her high chair, scolding me for not bringing her more diced up pieces of cheese and chicken sausage. “I want to smell it!” Titus proclaimed indignantly, […]

Please don’t misunderstand — I enjoy cooking. It’s one of my favorite things to do. That said, since taking up my post as wine-writer-in-residence I also enjoy the fact that, […]