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Show Me the Canoe

Here are three reality-adjacent (and typewriter-enabled!) flashes of hope: two from this week, and one from way back that’s finally finished its lesson. An error in the New York Times. September 23rd’s web page featured this headline for a story in The Athletic: Tragic news, marred by what we still call a “typo.” (You might…

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I Love New York

1977: I learn we are moving to upstate New York from our rented home in Clinton, Maryland. Dad will be stationed at Griffiss AFB, and I will come to learn about B-52 bombers. Once when I am mowing the lawn a B-52 comes in so low over our house, blotting out the sun for an…

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The Sense You Need to Make

I learned of Wendell Berry’s passing last night, from the New York Times. They had an “advance obituary” on file, “which are prepared for notable people so they can be published quickly upon their deaths.” It is lovely, and benefits from the time taken. Though I personally think he might have been a bit embarrassed…

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About Me

Hi, I’m Chris Osmond. This is an old photo of me. Close enough!

I am Professor of Leadership & Educational Studies and Associate Director of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at the Reich College of Education, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.

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