The title of my post is based on a song written and performed in the 1970s by the Steve Miller band. It was one of those songs that made an immediate impression on me. Based on record sales and “air time,” it evidently made a similar impression on many others (see “Fly Like An Eagle […]
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Posted February 1, 2021 in Monthly News By Joel Bowman, on 1 February 2021 February 1st, 2021 | Tags: 1970s, academic, adjustment, attitude, career, civilization, combat, department chair, deuce and a half. civilization, eagle, faculty, fat, luck, lucky, military, research, speeding, spirit, states, Steve Miller, Stoners, Vietnam, war | Category: Monthly News | Comments are closed Posted November 30, 2018 in Monthly News By Joel P. Bowman, on 30 November 2018 I borrow my title from lines spoken by Shakespeare’s Hamlet, who has just figured out that his uncle murdered his father. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in 1601. In spite of the great expanse of human history and speculation, we still do not understand the relationship between what we call “life” and what we call “death.” Humans […] November 30th, 2018 | Tags: academe, academic, Army, Bernadine Branchaw, cancer, Civil Rights, colleagues, college, death, dogs, dream-like, dreams, dying, eternal, grandfather, Hamlet, Healing Touch, helicopters, John Keats, literature, Long Binh, privilege, Sam Kinison, Shakespeare, through a glass darkly, vale of soul-making, Vietnam, Vietnam War, wishful thinking, wounded, WWII | Category: Monthly News | Comments are closed |
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