Mandatory (a)Musings

My good friend Alicia was packing up the U-Haul, taking the things she loved and leaving most of it behind. She tasked me with going through...

  We have been traveling for 7(ish) days. The ish is because we were trapped in Detroit for an extra 24 hours, making our stay in Munich inc...

Today, you were student of the month. Again. For the last time. Even though it was a little bit silly -- Ms. Fletcher nominated all the adva...

 I haven't written in ages. 9 months, to be exact. Maybe 10. Math is hard. I haven't had the time -- made the time -- to write. And ...

 I have a complicated relationship with motherhood. I was never sure I wanted to be a mom. I was worried that I would be a cold mom. That I ...

Dear Students- Remember at the beginning of the semester, when I talked about plagiarism? Remember when I said that a number of you would pr...

Not because of the food or the beer or the service, but because of the white guys down the rail. I couldn't unhear them and I couldn...

 "Hey, mom. Know how old you are? You're as old as the Egg McMuffin!" Only minutes before, he'd been stunned to learn that...

 I've been asked several times in the last two weeks: "So, did you do it? Did you get your mojo back?" If you've kept up w...

It’s no surprise to anyone who knows me: I have body issues. As a teen, I absorbed all of the toxic messaging of the 80’s and 90’s, with its...