Dear Barb: I work part time in an office and a good friend of mine also works there. We have been friends for 10 years and get along great. We both applied for jobs at the same place and we were so surprised that we both got in. I am a mother of two young… Read more »
When Alice in Wonderland meets the caterpillar, he blows letters of diaphanous smoke into her face and asks, “who are you?” It’s an unforgettable scene in the Disney animated movie and a familiar one as others ask us about our studies. At AU our identity enters new realms of expansion and perhaps uncertainty. Whatever we… Read more »
The Magnificent Seven. None of us knew what we wanted to do after high school. We were the bad kids, the misfits, the guttersnipes and vagabonds. We made some money from working the line at the Waffle House and the Tomahawk Grill, and a little bit extra from selling belt buckles and lighters and weed… Read more »
We all have issues. Those issues make life beautiful. They offer learning grounds, chances to grow, opportunities to see the positive in the direst of situations. They challenge us to keep our hearts filled with hope and love. And everyone loves a hero, right? The person with cancer who runs with an artificial leg across… Read more »
Some of my favorite lamb recipes are the ones I’ve compiled from multiple sources, including Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver. Then, by using a mash-up of recipes from celebrity chefs and my grandmother’s traditional recipes, I’ve created something unique for individuals who are a fan of lamb. Lamb is challenging to prepare due to its… Read more »
Someday, you may desire to share your wisdom, talent, or knowledge. That wisdom within you could be as iconic as Nelson Mandela. It could be a tearjerker. It could be a story that warms the heart of your grandchildren. It’s your truth. We all stumble in life. We all suffer. And we all eventually over… Read more »
WGST 333 (Goddess Mythology, Women’s Spirituality, and Ecofeminism) is a three-credit intermediate-level women’s and gender studies course that examines the evolution, fragmentation, and re-creation of spiritual traditions, myths, and stories associated with Goddess. The course explores the symbolic significance of female divinity and the impact of its loss on all aspects of Western culture. This… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, I’m a single mother of a teenage daughter who I had when I was quite young. Her father did not want to be included in her life, but he has financially contributed to her care throughout the years. I have always heard people talk about how difficult teenagers are, but I was… Read more »
If you’ve got no gift to give—or even to receive—for Christmas, it doesn’t mean you’re not rich. Some of the richest families are the poorest. Rich in heart, not dollars. Dolly Parton’s song Coat of Many Colors highlights how a raggedy coat sewn with love can bring magic to a child. Paul Friedman talks about… Read more »
The practice of yoga (literally yoga translates as ‘the practice’) would appear to go back millennia as an Indian tradition. Yet, in historical terms, what we now know in the West as yoga actually parallels, only a couple decades later, the gold rush of the Yukon. Just as modern education was wheedling its way across… Read more »