Here's to a happy, healthy Independence Day, American friends! (Plus a much wider wish for independence—real, autonomy striving, responsibility ensured freedom—to creators and explorers and teachers and dreamers all around the world.) At the risk of sounding pedantic, I invite and encourage you to shoehorn a few minutes between the bunting and the barbeque, between the parade and the fireworks, a ...
Holidays
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick's day transports me back in time – half a lifetime ago or so – to my parochial school days. [pullquote]St. Patrick's Day was popular because we were permitted to swap tie-and-sweater dress code for wild green Irish-inspired costumes.[/pullquote] I attended a Catholic day school, but I wasn't Catholic. St. John's was understood to be the most academically rigorous option within ...