Roussel was tall, elegant, very perceptive and demanding, but always kind and encouraging.
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Suprise Me
Loved the material, loved the students
Prompted By An Unforgettable Person
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Roussel was tall, elegant, very perceptive and demanding, but always kind and encouraging.
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Too Young to Be Afraid
Prompted By Politics
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Through the bus window, through my own reflected image, the solitary lights in the rural landscape were comforting. And exciting. Tomorrow was Election Day, and each light represented at least one potential vote. That was an astonishing notion, which I had never before focused on — the collective power of democracy, and it made you…
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A New Hope
Prompted By Pandemic, Year Three
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She rings up the order. She is not wearing a mask. I am not wearing a mask.
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I laughed until I fell on the floor crying! 😂😂😂
Prompted By Comedy
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In the summer of 1978, I took a group of students to Taiwan for a work-study trip. Among them was an older female ROTC grad with the officer’s rank of Second Lieutenant. With me posing as her husband, we entered the American Military”s Officers Club. A hub for the social and political elite, its members…
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The Kendo Mindset: Art Imitates Sports
Prompted By Sports
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For the first and only time, I saw humans flying, literally levitating around the room, so graceful that their bare feet never made a sound when they landed.
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Message in a Bottle
Prompted By Recycling
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This was in late 1972, when recycling of glass had just become a thing, and we wanted to do our part.
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Don’t Obey in Advance
Prompted By Banned Books
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I felt uncomfortable packing the book and uncomfortable leaving it behind.
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