Delta Dash My first meeting of the day ended at promptly at 8:30 this morning. I headed up to my office to take care of a few things. On the spur of the moment, I decide to see if any…
Read MoreAdvent IV
It actually started almost a week ago. Sitting at my desk in St. Paul, I realized I had extra time. The snow was pouring. My flight had already been delayed by an hour. That’s an email, by the way, that you really don’t want to see when the snow is pouring. Even in Minnesota where they have the world’s best snow removal equipment and more plows and de-icers than Garrison Keilor has jokes. An extra half hour. I tell myself: Surely that’s enough to put together all the receipts for my credit card bill and turn it in before leaving campus! I start printing and gathering, sorting and checking. Then I see I’m missing one hotel receipt.
Read MoreOrdinary Time XI
From the Back Seat
Recently we were out riding on a Saturday afternoon. We had two three-year-old girls strapped securely in the back seat. We stopped at a neighborโs farm and got a good look at some chickens.
We asked the first little girl, โDo you know what chickens give us?โ
โHoney.โ