Loner’s Lamentation

A brand new day dawns so bright! Semester’s start–my heart is light. Skip to stand in stark white hall With shoulders back and head held tall. Two-score waiting desks, give or take, For two-score friends I’ve yet to make. Pounds of knowledge to gain together With Tom, Allie, Carlos, Heather– Their names I’ll learn, wondering …

Looking for Home

Home is a concept that has long interested me.  The word carries with it strong connotations of physical places.  “I’m going home,” one says after a long day at work.  “I’m coming home,” one says to family as a holiday approaches. But what does it mean?  An old adage says, “Home is where the heart …