My visit to Varzol

Went on a field visit today. Went to a remote village in the area of Varzol to meet with grade nine students and parents. The road was pretty bad–got stuck 4 times and folks had to push. The final time we had to get out and walk in the snow on ice for about 600 [...]

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Good-Bye

My mother-in-law died on Saturday. She was 101. The month before she was born the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre. Italy declared war on the Ottoman Empire the month Martha made her debut. William Taft was president and Orville Wright set a world record that held for almost 10 years keeping a glider [...]

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Closure: Who Needs It?

What’s so important about closure?  Over the years I’ve heard a lot of people talk about it–and I must admit they use phrases that I find somewhat perplexing—all the talk about ending or finishing things.  I’m beginning to wonder why we need or even want that. I’ve been thinking about this thing of closure quite [...]

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