Opinion – Judy Harris: Textbooks? Aye? Nay? Indifferent? Choosing them is serious business
“The world itself is already a great textbook.” Ma Yansong In the early years of our country, many small schools…
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Opinion – Judy Harris: Marking 5th anniversary — and remembering COVID and missed team seasons
“To be a champion requires more than being a strong player, one has to be a strong human being as…
Opinion – Judy Harris: TMU dance teams — student-athletes with perfect synchronicity, perfect symmetry
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Martha Graham 5-6-7-8. Perfect synchronicity. Perfect symmetry. They are Thomas More University…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Happy St. Patrick’s Day — with a blessing and a greeting
“May your troubles be less and your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door.” — Irish…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Ode to my kitchen — even by myself, I am never alone; what sweet memories
“On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can…
Opinion – Judy Harris: The Israel Fellowship enriches Lenten experiences in succeeding years
“Lent is a time of renewal for the whole Church, for each community and every believer.” — Pope Francis As…
Opinion – Judy Harris: National Haiku Month, shortest month for shortest form of poetry
“Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather it is the deep breath of life.”…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Finally it’s softball season — let the games begin . .
“You can’t always control the circumstances—only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Poets are everywhere; are you among them?
“You can’t force poetry. The words must be born when they are born. They’re all born together like strings of…
Opinion – Judy Harris: A sobering reality, learning sad lessons of racial prejudice but friendship can prevail
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility.” Khalil Gibran February’s Black History Month began in 1970. Since its institution, I find…
Opinion – Judy Harris: What is given to the sport, and how character is revealed
“Sports do not develop character; they reveal it.” John Wooden 2018 What a winter. As I made a stop at…
Opinion – Judy Harris: A one-in-11-million meeting — and an amazing coincidence
“Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.” Albert Einstein Summer 1985 I was in Japan on a fellowship for…
Opinion – Judy Harris: The essence of a champion — team culture
“To be a champion requires more than being a strong player, one has to be a strong human being as…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Cursive writing in second grade — when it was important skill to learn
“Seeing my father’s handwriting puts me in contact with the man he was at each stage of his life.” –…
Opinion – Judy Harris: So many questions at start of New Year; strive to find Peace in the answers
“And now we welcome a new year; full of things that have never been.” R.M. Rilke The dawn of the…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Sharing the Parable of the Birds, a favorite Christmas story — and wishing you Merry Christmas
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.” — Louisa May Alcott in Little Women…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Nothing like ‘A Christmas Carol’ and good friends to get you into the spirit
“God bless us every one.” Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol” Gloria and I were having lunch in the late…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Advent Season is underway — a time filled with goodness and family traditions
“At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and…
Opinion – Judy Harris: An unforgettable Thanksgiving weekend when my students and I visited Thomas More’s cell
“I am the king’s loyal servant but God’s first.” Thomas More In the mid-‘90’s, Thomas More College President, the Reverend…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Thanksgiving and thanks-giving — and a memory of Kroger saving the day
“For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love…
Opinion – Judy Harris: Visual, auditory, tactile/kinethetic; each of us learns differently
“The complexity of our brain is so great that we are not simple and neither, therefore, is the task of…
Opinion – Judy Harris: A heartfelt ‘thank you’ to those who served, protected on Veterans Day
“It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.” — Zell Miller World War II…