And it's been another calendar complete. Cumulous Crandall has moved forward to a year of metamorphosis - a Chrysalis of sorts. Ther...

I always tell everyone that New Year's is my least favorite holiday of the year, but it isn't the purpose of the day - it's t...

I made it home safely without incident, and listened to Dr. Rose Brock's Hope Nation - essays of hope written by some of the best YA ...

I always know the CNY holiday celebration is coming to a close when Chitunga, Rhiannon and I get together for lunch (usually at the Retre...

Mom says, "I refuse to have a daughter that is 50 years-old," so I assured her, "It's all good, Mom. Cynderballz has a...

It's the day after Christmas and my older sister already has her tree, decorations and lights up and stored in the basement. Not me. ...

My barometer for this holiday season is my sister's dog, Dixie. Somewhere amidst the holiday hubbub she simply found a box of an Earw...

And the tradition continues. Happy Holidays from the Crandalls, Isgars, and Barnwells. Cynderballs once again catered an entire household...

Here's to you and your family during this Christmas celebration, with warm wishes for love, togetherness, memories, and nostalgia. We...

Yesterday, at 4:50, there was the perfect horizon of a setting sun and a rising moon on the Long Island Sound. Unfortunately, the moon ri...

Somewhere in the mid-2000s the universe was given the fantastic recipe of mini-muffin tins, chocolate chip cookie dough, and Reeses Peanu...

Yesterday, I was able to attend my first ever, campus-wide Holiday Luncheon. Normally, I am already in Syracuse at this point, but this y...

You can count on one hand the number of times I've sat at home and watched a movie. Last night, Chitunga and I watched two: Ant Man  ...

This December's schedule has simply been inane. I've picked up things here and there, and yesterday Chitunga and I got a few thin...

At 9:15 p.m. Monday night I submitted my semester grades. For the first time at Fairfield University, I don't have students needing e...

For the last year, signs on 95 have advertised The Stress Factory , a new comedy club in downtown Bridgeport. Talking to Chitunga before ...

This is a little happier of an experience than I am sure Chitunga actually had. After a grueling semester with a loaded week of finals, t...

I wish I could say my Friday was a successful day, like I intended it to be. The majority of my graduate students turned in required work...

I like not to be a Grinch, Scrooge, or curmudgeon during the holiday season, but the grumpiness snuck up on me this week, so when I got t...

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of taking part of a Marginal Syllabus  online conversation where I was asked to review and think ab...

(Note: This is being written during the rare moment that my computer is cooperating with me - two years of asking for help from Fairfield...

Back to the office again, but only had time to sit for a couple of seconds because of scheduled meetings. Of course, I leave my door open...

At 3 p.m. Sunday, I finished grading all the undergraduate papers and I thought to myself, "This is the first time I haven't had...

This is a more proactive falling boulder upon the head of Sysiphus, one welcomed as I spent the entire day tackling Philosophy Statements...

I get up early and go at it. I come home and go at it. I plan ahead and go at it, and I even go at it in my sleep. Friday nights, howev...

It's not over yet. I can do it. I got this, but Workday about did me in yesterday. The University went to a new accounting system and...

I finished off Fall, 2018, with the last visit of 54 7th graders to work in a service-learning course. In the redesign, the young people ...

It is a Crandall tradition to bake a cake on the last night of graduate courses (an Alice recipe), so I stayed home yesterday morning to ...

I don't know why Glamis the Wonder Dog is acting all miserable and such; after all, I started my morning after an 11-hour sleep (I ne...

When I was a little lad, I was the kid who would disappear to bed as soon as he was tired, leaving whatever family event was going on, si...

I have no idea where I am, but it is in the northwest corridor of Chicago. It took a lot of persuasion to get United to get me a room, to...