Observations: The dog theme
My mother never allowed us to have a dog, so I didn’t have one until I was well along in my career.
Allan Winkler
Observations: Barney Frank
I knew Barney personally in my senior year in college. He was a graduate student then... We always sat together and Barney always talked, usually about politics in a fascinating way.
Observations: The automobile and me
I can’t say that having my license made much difference at all in my social life, but at least it held the possibility of something really good.
Observations: Travel: Finland
“It turned out that the Finnish and American governments had created a chair to bring in a different professor each for a year to teach American Studies.”
Observations: War
"When that service was over and I was back in graduate school, the very first draft lottery took place during my first year and it was a harrowing time."
Observations: This running life
"I became intrigued with track as a toddler. My father had been a pretty good quarter-miler in high school and college."
Observations: Family
"I’ve long envied folks whose extended families live nearby. I have friends here in Oxford whose kids and grandkids live in Hamilton, or Cincinnati, or even a bit farther away, but close enough to see regularly without any trouble."