I teach writing to college students, and about this time in the semester, they are getting really tired. Students apologize to me after class for being disconnected during our discussion, because they were up all night trying to finish assignments after four midterms and they’re exhausted. Many of my students are experiencing their first year [...]

Last night I was preparing for our home fellowship group meeting. It was miserably, bone-chillingly rainy, and I’d had a rough day. I usually make something for our group to snack on during our Bible study and fellowship, but I was so tired that I contemplated just popping some microwave popcorn and being done with [...]

“How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about the rule of three, and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe? how can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone, and narrow to be everything to someone? No. A woman’s function is laborious, but [...]