When I grow up, I want to be a box of crayons.

March 24, 2010 by The Clever Kris · 1 Comment
Filed under: Everyday, education, humor, theatre 

I’d like to share with you the conversation I had with a man from Maintenance, on campus, this morning, hardly an hour and a half ago. Let me set the scene, for you: I’m teaching my Theatre Appreciation class, which is held each Monday and Wednesday morning in the small theatre studio, a few rooms down from my office. I’m in the middle of my lecture, standing in front of several large benches, set pieces for our upcoming production.  My back is both to the door and the darkened stage. One of my students, who insists on being called Poonie May, suddenly...

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That’s how we bring up all children in our family: by ear.

October 19, 2009 by The Clever Kris · 1 Comment
Filed under: Deep South, Everyday, family, health, life 
This is my family tree, ready for Christmas.

I like to think I'm a good uncle. Even though, I don't really know my "real" nieces and nephews. I've seen Millie, once; I've seen Auden, once; I've never meet Vinnie. So, to make up for this: I give all my grand uncle-ness to a series of young cousins, whose mothers I grew up with, as my nieces, being the baby of the adopted family I claimed with their grandmother, who I took as my--- You know what, let me scratch that. It's too confusing. My family tree, you know, is really just an assortment of random branches that were blown down during a storm, and happend to fall around...

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