For the birds
A couple different friends asked about how to find the op-eds I get invited to write on a monthly basis and I recognized that I don’t do much to promote the reading of these, nor…
pieces
It feels natural to me to continually wish I were writing more, in this space and elsewhere. It’s been a while. But also, it’s now been two full years of contributions of monthly writing for…
surgical wing
I wrote this a while ago, but I was just reminded of it today, so I pulled it out of the file folder and put it here. The hospital is a strange place to me…
op ed in support of teachers and teaching
I haven’t been able to write anything coherent recently aside from a family Christmas letter, until I felt the need to write this piece that found its way into The Salt Lake Tribune. In summary:…
why I ask students to write me an email
Dear Student, You may be wondering why I gave you the assignment to compose an email to me that included a little bit about yourself as well as a few key ingredients in the message….
your being
I remember certain features of the night you were born with complete clarity. I know the view our hospital window faced; I remember we went to get ice cream earlier in the day; I remember…
in summary
I’m giving a the weekly public seminar in my own physics department on Wednesday. 1 This talk is particularly hard for me to construct, in large part because I haven’t figured out what it’s about….
learning to see: my racism
I grew up with a fundamental idea that all people are equal. At least, that’s what we would say out loud, and I know that we believed ourselves. It’s easy to believe this when there’s…
learning to see: geology
I got back from a trip up into the mountains with a question about geology, because this is what always happens to me after a trek with cliff faces and talus and high elevation. I…