A Very Sad Day

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There are times when even I the eternal optimist find it hard to believe my tag line above.  Life is not always good.  Yesterday we buried Gary David.  He died on Monday from pancreatic cancer afte... Read More

A New Verb

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“Deaning” On Saturday during a presentation to the Parent Council at Swarthmore the new Dean of Students used the term “deaning.”  It was the first time I had heard the verb f... Read More

Ode to a Henge

A poem entitled ‘Ode to a Henge’ Subtitled, ‘It is difficult to find words that rhyme with ‘monolith’’ Today we gather on this lawn With our closest, dearest friends On which homage we sha... Read More