A different way of scoring
I played golf with Charlie on Sunday. A glorious afternoon as always. This is Charlie's first season of golf, and for the first time, he decided to score his round.…
I didn’t call him a thin-skinned snowflake
I'm pumping gas. I'm wearing a mask because I put it on to use the restroom and didn’t take it off. I forgot it was even there. The man at…
Administrators should also be teachers.
The problem with educational leadership is this: Every step on the career ladder takes a person farther and farther away from students. If you want a higher salary, greater responsibility,…
Masked all day. No so bad.
On Wednesday, I was trapped in a seemingly endless TSA bubble - airport and airplane - for 19 consecutive hours. On Friday, I was trapped again for 16 consecutive hours.…
The stuff you can’t see
I have seen one thousand red tailed hawks in my life. They soar overhead as I play golf, monitor students at recess, and play in the backyard with my kids.…
He’s killing me
Kayaking with Charlie earlier this week, we passed by a dead fish floating on the water. Charlie stopped paddling, looked across the water at me, and said, "Death is very…
A good bad day
Rough day. Awoke at 3:30 AM catch a 6:00 AM flight to San Fransisco via Detroit. My plan was to land in San Fransisco at 10:30 AM and spend the…
Ask questions.
I was speaking to the person cutting my hair yesterday. Both of us were masked even though both of us are also vaccinated. As she began to cut, we lamented…
Best banana idea since the slipping on the banana peel trick
Not only has South Korea handled the pandemic far better than the United States: 40.69 COVID-19 deaths per million compared to the 861.71 in the United States 2,104 total deaths…
Donald Pollock’s ripples in my life
I spent Saturday at Yawgoog Scout Reservation, my favorite place on the planet, touring Elysha and the kids around for Alumni Day. I took them to all of my former…
