The Grand Adios. Or is it holá?

Wendy Hornsby The big topic of conversation at our house of late is retirement.  Though Paul is already a pensioner, I am still a couple of years away from finishing at the college and crossing that threshold.  Before I pass over, there are many decisions that need to be made about how, when, where we [...]

The Grand Elopement

Wendy Hornsby I just don’t get Facebook.  Twice now I’ve hit the wrong button and sent messages that either weren’t what I intended or targeted someone I did not intend. I admit that I haven’t put much time or effort into learning to love Facebook, or to becoming at all familiar or proficient with a [...]

The Problem of Mrs. Southcott.

Wendy Hornsby  The following was  adapted from my semi-weekly column, “No Mystery Here,” that runs in the Long Beach Grunion Gazette.             The topic of conversation at our house one morning last week was the fractious state of public higher education.   California State University faculty were on strike for the first time ever over non-delivery [...]

A Sweet Yet Sad Farewell

by Wendy Hornsby The deadline approached, and the book wasn’t quite finished.   I had made steady progress through the summer and was in sight of typing The End, until the new college semester began – long days, big classes, papers to grade, office hours to keep, lectures to prepare.  I miscalculated my stores of both [...]