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2019 “Core”-al Histories

April 20, 2019 empireswillfall

This quarter, my spring Humanities Core sections conducted a series a peer interviews and created videos that convey the spirit of each group’s experiences of

A “Core”al History 2018

May 24, 2018 empireswillfall

This quarter, my spring Humanities Core sections have taken a multi-media approach. This simply means that we have been analyzing and actively working with a

Belonging: A True Family Ghost Story

March 11, 2017 empireswillfall

Luckily the ghost that lived in my childhood home was a relative. Otherwise, I might have grown up afraid of things that go shuffle and stroke in the night. I remember as a little girl, any time there was a bump upstairs or a creak in the other room, someone in the family would reassure me that it was just Aunt Jesse. I knew her as the explanation for any time my door opened of its own volition or every time I was awakened by a late night loving touch with nothing present to account for it except for the seat mark on my bed next to me.

Here’s to Tom

October 22, 2016 empireswillfall

I don’t remember how old I was when my parents told me they had planned to name me Tom, but I do recall it was around the same time my mom announced that I might have been better off as a cartoon character. Although Bugs Bunny Morse sounded like a winning combination in my mind, or maybe even Space Ghost Morse, clearly I had missed the point.