Dad appreciates son's antics
You won’t find this passage in Proverbs, but it has a good ring to it: “A son who occasionally acts silly makes his father smile.”
View ArticleArt teacher made big impact
“No one after lighting a lamp put it under the bushel basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.” Matthew 5:15 The thing I like about Oberlin High School art teacher Lorna...
View ArticleTalk radio made magic time
Talk radio is a format that emphasized talk and discussion instead of music. Over the years, I have been a talk radio listener — mostly NPR — as well as an occasional participant. My first experience...
View ArticleNoah looks to be up to the job
When the Lord spoke to Noah, Noah took heed. He built an ark following the Lord’s instructions, which is to say, he used cypress wood to make it 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high....
View ArticleYear of politics, away from home
“Freshman grope and flounder in a new environment.” (1966 A.U. Talon): I was born and raised in Oberlin. The 1965-66 academic year at American University in Washington, D.C., was my first (and last)...
View ArticleOberlin College sounds impressive
I don’t mean to start off by bragging, but I got a B minus in professor Mark Siebert’s Introduction to Music Appreciation class at Oberlin College. Not too bad for a young lad who couldn’t read a note...
View ArticleCharisma makes politicial rallies fun
Prior to the 2008 presidential election, I had attended only one political rally. That rally took place during the fall of 1968 when Minnesota’s Democratic Senator Hubert Humphrey, running against...
View ArticleRemembering presidents' names: nonsense
My eighth grade American history teacher, Mr. Simpson, gave his students three nonsense sentences so that we could memorize all 36 U.S. presidents in the order they served. The first nonsensical...
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