Yesterday I featured photos from a 23-year-old photo album. They were from my wife's photo album, events I didn't experience. Today I started on an album from my own life. These pictures come from my original college days about 28 years ago. They were an assortment of events. And though I had experienced them all, … Continue reading A Blast of the Past — my past this time
Category: Houghton College
The Houghton Bride Revisited
Okay, for those of you who recognize the allusion/spoof I don't need to explain this, and if I need to explain it, it wouldn't work anyway. You don't need to have gone to Houghton College to enjoy this, but some of the lines make a lot more sense if you have. So enjoy Part 1 … Continue reading The Houghton Bride Revisited
From Calgary to Sochi
As reflection on the current 2014 Sochi Olympics the 22nd Winter Olympiad, I am posting a "poem" I wrote that chronicled some of the events of the 1988 Olympics which I watched while attending Houghton College. How many of the references are recognizeable? THE FIFTEENTH WINTER OLYMPIAD "Can You Feel It?" 2/13 … Continue reading From Calgary to Sochi
Homecoming 2013 — New and Old
Homecoming was a long day, and somewhat different than the homecomings I remember from the student side. I kept on feeling like their should be a homecoming parade. Instead, there was a fall festival on the quad. When I mentioned the lack of parade, my classmates talked about it probably stopped when the students finally … Continue reading Homecoming 2013 — New and Old
Houghton College — Founder’s Day 2013
Quick blog at end of a long first day of Homecoming weekend. Day started out with Founder's Day chapel. I could say a lot about the excellent chapel speaker (and he was good), but I won't. As many blogs, I'll make comments on the minutia of things. The Houghton College Choir sang at chapel. As … Continue reading Houghton College — Founder’s Day 2013
College Reunion Ho!
The past two days has been a a half-country driving spree, from Kansas City, MO, to Caton, NY. This morning I sit writing in the kitchen of my mother and sister's house, preparing to head over to Houghton College for our 25th college reunion. The drive itself had some interesting points. Let me make this … Continue reading College Reunion Ho!
Houghton College Retrospective #4: College Choir, Freshman Year
(Clip of the choir's featured piece during the 1984-85 season, under the direction of Dr. Brown. Go ahead and play while you read the rest. It will probably still be playing after you get done reading.) It may be surprising to many that I, born and raised in New York State, had never been to … Continue reading Houghton College Retrospective #4: College Choir, Freshman Year
Houghton College Retrospective #3: My Start in Writing and Music
When I think of my Houghton experience, music and writing seem to be the two themes that I expressed myself through. I was a writing major, majoring in fiction: my key writing outlet was The Houghton Star, not the Lanthorn. I wasn't a music major, but I sang with the Houghton College choir for 4 … Continue reading Houghton College Retrospective #3: My Start in Writing and Music
Houghton College Retrospective #2: Roommates
(Note: This blog walks a very fine line of compassionate perspective in writing versus being very truthful with my impressions from the period 29 years ago) How many of you remember filling out the survey before freshman year to help the college line you up with a compatible roommate in the dorm? I don't … Continue reading Houghton College Retrospective #2: Roommates
Houghton College Retrospective #1: Intoduction and answer to “why I went to Houghton College”
It is hard to believe that I graduated from college 25 years ago. Yet as I look around at my life, enough has certainly gone on between now and then for it to be a fact. My college reunion is going to be in October during Homecoming Weekend. So perhaps now is a good time … Continue reading Houghton College Retrospective #1: Intoduction and answer to “why I went to Houghton College”
At The Rainbow 