The end of the semester is fast approaching. In the spirit of trying to savor the experiences of the semester, yesterday I returned one final time to the Thames Path. It is my final ramble. I consider the Path a hallowed place in my personal geography. I don’t know if I will ever have the […]
It is hard to believe. One week from today, Tara and I will be back in Abilene. The last week has felt like the beginning of a goodbye to our Study Abroad home. It’s a slow goodbye, to be sure. There are still essays to grade, a final walk to Oxford city centre, and a
The end of the semester is looming, so a lot of my attention has turned toward the important but unglamorous work of wrapping up courses with students, preparing them for finals, and girding myself to grade large batches of final papers. Even though the Thames River Ramble is behind me, I am still thinking a
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I’ve not touched my blog for the past week, so apologies to family and friends eager to hear more about our adventures. Tara and I spent Thanksgiving in Dublin, Ireland. This was our first time in Ireland. It was a pleasant, relaxed trip. During our first two days we hit all of the “greatest hits”
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I can say with confidence that my Study Abroad semester in Oxford has been unlike any ever experienced by ACU faculty and students. Consider all of the extraordinary happenings here! It is November, and the United Kingdom is on its third prime minister since the start of Fall. We’ve witnessed the death of the beloved
I have this memory. When I was a little kid, there was a Christmas market in our rural hometown. My parents gave me and my siblings some money to spend on Christmas gifts. Making my way through the vendor booths, I found myself staring at a luminous, cheap, fake diamond ring. It was little more
