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Serving is Not My Love Language

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Red Dirt Kelly

“Five more minutes, everyone.  Will that be good enough to wrap up your work?” General agreement murmured across the classroom by way of a visual cue from approximately twenty percent of my graduate students. Looking up from their group work, they made eye contact with me and affirmatively nodded. I had been asked by a…

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My Heart Was a Moth, Flying Too Close to the Flame

Posted on January 6, 2012January 7, 2012 by Red Dirt Kelly

My neck was curved slightly backward, my face lit up by the screen and my razor sharp, rapt attention was completely committed to Amelie. I sat on the front row, center seat, next to one of my dearest friends and as soon as I saw the effect I reached over and grabbed her hand. The…

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The Gift of Taking It

Posted on December 27, 2011December 28, 2011 by Red Dirt Kelly

The setting? Summer, 1970 in rural America.  Between the influence of several Looney Tunes scenes, Mary Poppins and some cockamamie scheming, my brother and I devised a childhood plan. We would gather a bed sheet and an umbrella, climb to the top of the chicken house, leap off the roof and float down to the…

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Christmas Pipes: My Pick of the Top Female Christmas Recordings of the Last Half-Century

Posted on December 15, 2011November 8, 2015 by Red Dirt Kelly

When my mind drifts to Christmas music, I’ll frequently hear Bing Crosby crooning, Nat King Cole smoothly balladeering, or perhaps Mark Lowrey’s “Mary Did You Know.” But when I focus my thoughts on what female artists have contributed to the Christmas recording repertoire this past half-century, I’m truly amazed. I’ve decided to open up a…

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The Gift of My Dear Friend’s Catch Phrases

Posted on December 13, 2011December 13, 2011 by Red Dirt Kelly

If I were a tree and beneath my branches lay gifts adorned in lovely holiday fare, I would hide the small collection wrapped in gilded sheets of friendship tied with bows of years together. They are from my friend Cathy, and I would hide them because I know the contents. They fall into the priceless…

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University FAQs About the World of S-E-X

Posted on December 7, 2011January 18, 2022 by Red Dirt Kelly

Note – the content in this post is consistent with a PG-13 rating.  Thanks. I’ve been teaching “Human Sexuality and the Family” for four years and I still find myself surprised about what seems to surprise my students. Thinking back to my predisposed assumptions regarding what students would, or would not, think through out loud…

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