“afterthoughts” in the Continuum

I write occasional columns for the alumni magazine of the boys’ school where I teach. Topics include the cultural history of the ice-cream truck, methods for banishing skunks, the current state of the blimp industry, and teaching.

• “Seeing red: the finer points of grading” (fall ’25)
• “Floating an idea” (spring ’25)
• “Running joke: a cross-country alum looks back in exhaustion” (fall ’24)
• “On my dead plants” (spring ’24)
• “Not in high form” (fall ’23)
• “The odor of sanctity: our little skunk problem” (spring ’23)
• “Ice-cream trucks and the art of surprise” (spring ’21)