Author: Prof. Ornery

Life. Damn.

Saturday night my upstairs neighbor died from an overdose of heroin with fentanyl. His mom and […]

Writing in Ireland

I’m visiting my brother who lives in western Ireland. I’m sitting on his back deck looking […]

Reading Breadth

I just read a post at Mad Genius Club discussing reading and cultural heritage. This post […]

Work vs. writing

Yesterday and today I have been trying to get a start on my syllabi for the […]

Don’t be crazy

I’ve seen the comment “all the Democrats had to do was not act crazy and they […]

Rough week

We got back from Oregon on Monday after a red-eye flight. Hubby had to go to […]

Compassion vs. viewpoint

Compassion is not simply vehement expression of a point of view.Theodore Dalrymple. I ran across this […]

Family and writing

I am on vacation in central Oregon with various family members. This is our annual get-together. […]

Opinions and balance

Hanging out with a friend and former student this weekend. He’s been in the Middle East […]

Detours

So, we’ve hit a snag in our escape plans. Shockingly, that snag is money (I know, […]