Posts by Mark Goodson

Spirits Move

  I don’t know a better way to describe God than the spirit that moves. I was seeking to be...

Ghost

My wife’s toes nudge my calf. I come to from some dream I can’t remember. The dog is whimpering in...

Sigh

I’d like to re-classify my professional role. Teacher. I don’t like the stereotypes that surface. I think of a nun...

This

“This is it then,” he said, both children on his knee. He felt trapped and free in equal measure, like...

Technically Millennial

  It was during a faculty meeting that an educational researcher first delivered me the unfortunate news: I am a...

Keep It Green

Sober anniversaries make me squirrelly, and I’m finally beginning to understand why. Today marks 9 years clean and sober. That...

Remember

My sober anniversary is this week. Time for coffee and cake, hugs and handshakes. More importantly, it’s time to remember where...

The Walk

My routine has changed. Tree limbs falling through car roofs will do that to a man (See “Murphy’s Law”). Miranda...

The Road

“You better calm down. You’re on the road to timeout dude.” He hears my wife. I know he does because...

Sober Apollo

The Greeks knew human nature well, deifying the characteristics most archetypal to the human experience. They flocked to Apollo’s shrine...

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