Life at DrTom's

DrTom shares his intellectual inquiries, mental musings, and awkward adventures in upstate New York and around the world. Betcha can’t read just one.

"To hell with facts! We need stories!"
— Ken Kesey

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

I lost a friend today

His name was Zeus, and he was a black lab. He turned 15 on Valentine’s Day. In his last year, he suffered a degenerative hip, atr...

Friday, December 30, 2016

Academic editing for those whose first language is NOT English (or, for that matter, for anyone else)

Dear International Students, Faculty, and Scholars: I edit documents for students, faculty, and scholars whose first language is not Eng...

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Occasional Holiday Letter #6 from DrTom and Robin for 2017! Friends, enemies, even Republicans: You will have to excuse this group let...

Friday, March 4, 2016

A Tale of Two Cities and of two places in time

I had three excellent English teachers in high school in the early 1960s, but Mr. Robinson, during my senior year, was my favorite. He was...

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