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This week I took my 7th and 8th grade art students to visit the Modern art museum in Fort Worth. There were a lot of comments such as:...

For some months now, I have been consumed with starting this little school, Saint Anthonys' Academy. It is a place I first conceived of...

When I was at university there was a professor, Dr. Curtsinger, who was obsessed with Moby Dick. I never took any classes with him, but...

I really don’t like thinking about death, but I think about it a lot. It is brought to the forefront of my thoughts by tragic events...

Despite many trips to Washington DC, I had never been to the Smithsonian American Art Museum until this summer. It is not one of the...

In our family, we listen to audiobooks constantly - in the car, playing legos, cooking, cleaning, getting ready to go to sleep. We have...

The British Museum - full of brilliant historical art and artifacts - like the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles, and the colossal...

or "Part Two of My First European Adventure" In the summer of 1995, I made my first trek across Europe. I began by touring England and...

This month twenty four years ago, in the summer of 1995, I made my first trek across Europe. I began by touring England and Scotland...

In the fall of 1995, I traveled to Italy to study for the semester at the University of Dallas Rome campus, located just outside of Rome...

This week I met with my kids’ therapist for a parent consultation and our summer travels came up. I mentioned that, even though change in...

My husband and I have just finished a refreshing three-day class at the Dallas Institute discussing Gogol’s Dead Souls, Melville’s...

Growing up my I thought of my grandmother as grouchy and unpleasant. I never looked forward to visiting her and she, in turn, seemed...

When I taught English in China, we were in a filthy, rat-infested village, crawling with giant cockroaches and shrouded in a pervasive...

As a child, I created a notebook with color-coded pages on which I had done drawings of each outfit I owned to accompany my color-coded...

Over the past 10 years my husband and I have done quite a bit of reading, taking classes, attending conferences, and learning from...

When I was a graduate student in literature, I came across two books that had a formative effect on my philosophy of education: John...

On my journey into the Catholic Church, Mary was a real problem for me for a while. Even after I realized that Catholics do not worship...

This coming Sunday is Thomas Sunday. I have always liked this Apostle, as I really relate to him, at least as far as struggling with...

I love Easter so much that it is hard to write about it. I cry thinking about it. It is the most full of true joy, the most expressive of...