by Margaret Philbrick | Apr 30, 2024 | Margaret's Musings
I recently returned to San Antonio, Texas to attend the memorial service of Dr. Coleen Grissom. She was a legend at Trinity University in her capacities as English professor and university administrator. I took every English class that she offered in my four years at...
by Margaret Philbrick | Apr 29, 2024 | Culture, Margaret's Musings
It’s January 9, 2007. Our youngest son is skateboarding with a friend in our basement because the driveway is covered in snow. Our 13 year old daughter is in ballet class working on her pirouettes with bun head girls who will become her lifelong friends. Our high...
by Margaret Philbrick | Apr 25, 2024 | Culture
As a writing and literature teacher, herding my students into the corner of their classroom for unannounced lock-down drills, I could feel their fear. Could this happen here? We live in a small community, could this happen here? We all wonder. We know the inevitable...
by Margaret Philbrick | Apr 25, 2024 | Margaret's Musings
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by Margaret Philbrick | Jan 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
I like goals. I like them even more now that I’m basically grown-up and it feels like there are more things pulling on your time every year. I write the goals in my journal at the beginning of the year and then revisit them at the end. Our family gathers around the...
