Tag: life
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A Roommate Assignment and a Family Tree

This time of year, my social media feed is filled with pictures of parents taking their kids to college. There are pictures of dorm rooms, cars packed with far too much stuff, families standing in front of college signs, and parents talking about the mixture of pride and sadness that comes with driving away and…
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Home Has a Way of Finding Us

Today Waco was covered by a haze that had traveled more than 6,000 miles from Africa. Scientists can explain exactly how it happened. Strong winds lifted dust from the Sahara, carried it across the Atlantic, crossed the Gulf of Mexico, and eventually drifted into Texas. For most people, it was simply an unusually hazy day.…

