by Roel Snieder | Apr 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
In my class on research skills students practice oral presentations. One student gave a presentation that was hurried and unclear, the student spoke much too quickly, and the main message of the presentation was lost in the amount of detail shown. I was judgmental and...
by Roel Snieder | Mar 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
My recent move from Colorado to Oregon involved getting a new driver license and new license plates. The photo shows my car with the old Colorado license plates and the new Oregon plates. On the one hand it was exciting to mount the new license plates, but taking off...
by Roel Snieder | Mar 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
This is what my friend David said on our last run together before I left Colorado to move to Oregon. This move has been a time of goodbyes. There were tears and there was laughter. Saying goodbye to friends in Colorado was hard on the one hand, but it also warmed my...
by Roel Snieder | Feb 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
My wife and I are moving from Colorado to Oregon. Most of our belongings are in boxes, we are taking care of all the things that need to be taken care of when selling and buying a house and going through an interstate move. This time feels chaotic and it is easy to be...
by Roel Snieder | Jan 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
This is what my wife said to me as we were reading the newspaper in the morning. What she wanted me to pay attention to was an article in the New York Times that announced that Bob Weir had died. Bob Weir was the guitarist of the Grateful Dead. To be honest, I don’t...
by Roel Snieder | Jan 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Early in the morning I was waiting for my friend in a coffee shop for our regular get-together. My friend showed up late—which is not his habit—and he looked frazzled. He told me he discovered he had a flat tire as he parked his car, and now a parking inspector was...
