(Written Jan. 28, 2019)

I’m tempted to say that today’s #3GoodThings may have been a bit in jeopardy for a while as the day had an early start and my two-hour drive seemed to drag on painfully.

(It doesn’t help that, as I get older, driving in the dark and dealing with oncoming headlights is increasingly unpleasant – not to mention the winding country roads and intermittent rain today).

But the direction lightened considerably when I made a gaffe in class and noticed it at the same moment as my students. That’s the first of…