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Peace Camp 2008

Posted in Justice, Spirituality on 27 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is an opportunity for young adults that I should have posted quite a while ago.
Peace Camp is a program developed by my nuns, the Baden, PA Sisters of St. Joseph. It provides an opportunity for young adults to work as counselors in this day camp for kids from grades K-6. A number of our [...]

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Checking in…

Posted in Spirituality on 27 April 2008 | 3 Comments »

Just returned from the mothership in Pennsylvania…a committee meeting Thursday night, then an all-day pre-Chapter meeting on Saturday. All day Friday grading, and I’m still not done…shoot – was hoping to have all day tomorrow off, since it’s my 50th birthday. But I should have it done by noon, so I can take a half [...]

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From the sublime to the ridiculous…

Posted in Random thoughts, tagged , on 23 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Nat over at Om. Peace sent me a link to the video clip below – I laughed out loud, and God knows, we can always use a little more laughter. I had a difficult meeting today, so this was a good way to let go of the tension and lighten up a little.
Tomorrow, a [...]

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What do you want, God?!

Posted in Nun, Spirituality on 22 April 2008 | 4 Comments »

I just spent the better part of last night asking this question repeatedly as I tossed and turned, unable to sleep – for no apparent reason as best I can tell. I finished my grading by 10:30, found out I needed to post a homework solution for my students, got a Skype call from my [...]

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Ride your bike to school day…

Posted in Random thoughts, tagged , , on 22 April 2008 | 1 Comment »

Apparently, some students saw a flyer on campus advertising this…so the picture shows them arriving to take their final exam. Their professor almost gave them a speeding ticket, and I offered to race them on my regular bike.

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“Twittering” away…

Posted in Random thoughts, Techie Stuff on 20 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So as you may have noticed the feed near the top of my sidebar (to the right), I’ve been bitten by the Twitter bug. So what IS Twitter, other than that thing that birds are doing a lot of these beautiful spring days? Well, it’s a way to keep in touch with folks similar [...]

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A tiny celebration, then more work

Posted in Random thoughts, Techie Stuff on 18 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, today was the last day of class – the end is in view. A few review sessions, making up and grading exams, grading a final project report are what await me now, but I’m still having a small inward celebration…
Perhaps the most stressful thing for both me and the students was the joint project [...]

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A belated reflection on race speech

Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 16 April 2008 | 1 Comment »

Several weeks ago, you are probably aware that Sen. Barack Obama gave a speech following the uproar about comments made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I didn’t catch it the day he gave it, but had a look later, and found myself thinking what an important speech it was. The issue of race and racism in [...]

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And now for a bit of levity…

Posted in Random thoughts, tagged on 14 April 2008 | 2 Comments »

You might be wondering if I have dropped off the face of the earth, but I’m just really busy with work. Fortunately, I haven’t found it necessary to resort to the furniture shown below…

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Coverage of the Pope’s Visit to the U.S.

Posted in Catholic on 14 April 2008 | 1 Comment »

For those of you are are interested in keeping up with all things “popely”, I’d like to share an excerpt from an e-mail I received from a visitor to my site. (I know, this is a lazy post, but things at work are crazy with the lead up to final exams next week…I’ll be back [...]

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