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I wrote most of this post in Washington DC while attending the American Catholic Colleges and Universities annual meeting. I grieved Stock’s absence just days after he died.  One of the Province Jesuits came to pack his final effects and … Continue reading →

Friday, August 23, 2019 “Young as she is, the stuff Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy: I wish her a lucky passage.” Students moved into our residence halls these past several days.  Moms and … Continue reading →

Monday, December 11, 2017 On the McNichols Campus, final exams set the tone of things this week.   For more than 1000  years, universities gear up for this time when students bring their A-game and their faculties do as well. … Continue reading →

Monday, October 10,    “young as she is, the stuff Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy” Fall Break on our campus,  which means that administrative people come to work but students and faculty can sleep … Continue reading →

Monday, August 29   “Young as she is, the stuff Of her life is a great cargo, and some of it heavy: I wish her a lucky passage.” Students moved into our residence halls these past two days  —  muggy … Continue reading →

Monday, February 1 – Raymond Carver “At Least” Detroit Metro Airport, 7:23 am Saturday. I’m heading to Washington DC for the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, an annual ritual right after my university’s January Board of Trustees’ meeting. Lots … Continue reading →

Friday, February 13 — “Broadside Press Poets’ Theatre . . . the entire session will be devoted to open mic (new poets are welcome)” The Badilisha Poetry X-Change website begins with words that Dudlley Randall, UDM’s Poet Laureate, might have … Continue reading →

Friday, April 17, 2020 “These things are a tiny taste of the bigness of the world. They were there before you looked; they will be there after you go. None of it depends on you.” I came across this short … Continue reading →

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 I’ve read quite a few memorials these past days in which the word “giant” appears frequently.  Both these men matter in my life, as do my university’s graduates who “walked” last Friday and Saturday. Judge Damon Keith: … Continue reading →

Monday, December 3, 2018 “.   .   .   .  and wait then, humped and bloody, For the wits to try it again” Some days offer anniversaries of blunt courage and beauty.   The stillness of strong poetry makes … Continue reading →