A New Beginning

From our first date at Tyber to Grandfather Mountain to holding a baby sloth to being the Pikachu to your Ash, something new is beginning.  This new beginning comes with so many possibilities but also anxious reminders of the past.  Will this last?  I wasn't expecting things to happen so quickly, feelings to form so …

2040

I dream of swimming through brightly colored forests of coral breathing in fresh mountain air with my children in the fall but the world's addiction to cheap coal will bleach the coral forests and pollute the air for us all by 2040, I'll be 45 will I have to fight for clean air just so …

Cap and Gown

Today, I picked up my cap and gown at the campus bookstore.  After waiting in line surrounded by various reproductions of green sweaters bearing the "Charlotte" logo, my height and student ID were taken to provide me with the correct gown. For $16, I could purchase a cord to show the world how well I've …