The English lecturer was out of line. For that I owe her a tiny measure of thanks.

“Great Googly-Moogly!”
My proclivity for poor spelling aside, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Lauren Boebert are still idiots.

Flowers are Rainbow-Colored. People are Weird.
Let’s teach our children that weird is a good thing. Because it is.

Think Positive
I experienced a convergence through a couple of communications that came my way today.
Phases of Learning
One evening last week my 6-year-old daughter and I ran out to Dairy Queen to get treats and bring them home for everyone. It was around 6:30, and as we […]
Positively Brilliant
I’d never heard a more miserable, pitiful statement in my life, and I haven’t heard a more miserable, pitiful one since. It came in an upper-level English literature course of […]
Here to There. It’s Everywhere.
Change Happens – I’m thinking about transitions on this first day of the New Year. I’ve learned change is constant. Some changes are bigger and more impactful than others. We move on. It’s all good.
Thanks for Being Here
Father’s Day, 2004 “Thanks for being here.” My father, Martin C. Fredricks III, said this to me many times, usually at family gatherings. Just as often, though, he said it […]

Gee, Dad, You’re Such a Dork!
“Mart probably fell into the toilet, and Dad’s making a list of ways to get him out.” That punch line, originally delivered by my older sister when we were just […]