by Guy Sayles | Sep 2, 2015 |
There’s more than a year to go before the presidential election, and, already, I am weary with the campaign. When I can manage simply to view the candidates as performers, some talented and others not so much, and hear their speeches as scripts in an over-the-top...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 17, 2015 |
This past Friday afternoon, after two full days of New Faculty Orientation, I took a long walk around the Mars Hill University campus. I thought about—and prayed for—students soon-to-return (or coming for the first time) to campus, and of the hopes and fears...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 9, 2015 |
Barnes and Noble Bookstore at the Asheville Mall occupies two floors; the upper floor circles the lower, is bordered by a high and clear rail, and provides an open view to the floor below.The children’s books and toys are on the upper floor. Last week, as I was...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 3, 2015 |
Last Monday, I was at Duke’s Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinic for an appointment near the one-year anniversary of my stem-cell transplant. Over the last month or so, in ways which have surprised me, I have been reliving the hard and surreal experiences I...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 24, 2015 |
Until 2007, July 24 was simply another day in summer, a usually hot and humid day, perhaps cooled for a time by a late afternoon thunderstorm. There was nothing in my experience which made it noteworthy. In 2007, my father died on this day. Complications...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 21, 2015 |
My friend Bob and I were sitting on the bleachers just outside the racquetball court and trying to catch our breath between games. A group of race-running, soccer-ball kicking, tricycle-riding, and twirling-dancing preschool children spread-out across the basketball...
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