a collection of essays by Joan Hewatt Swaim, 1991-2000
Growing Pains
My friend, C. Ivan Alexander, who remembers the TCU campus as far …
University Drive
In my youth, the streets of my TCU neighborhood were paths to …
On Davey’s Knee
I knew Davey O'Brien before he was DAVEY O'BRIEN, but I didn't …
The Sea Around Me (With Apologies to Rachel Carson)
It's a smell I can't forget, the smell of the sea. On …
A Toast to the Long Since
The three major holidays at year's end always put me in thoughful …
You Can’t Get There From Here
In every Horned Frog annual from at least the mid-1940s to 1971, …
Everything Changes but the Memories
Sometimes when I witness or read about university life today, or hear …
Marvelous Jarvis
On Friday, March 27 of this year, TCU dedicated its $12 million …
Keith, the Cliburn and Other Musical Moments
Every four years since 1962 and the First Quadrennial Van Cliburn International …
Thorp Spring(s) Eternal
Every four years since 1962 and the First Quadrennial Van Cliburn International …
Christmas Places in the Heart
The Christmas season never fails to bring with it a heightened sense …
Remembering Christmases Past
Try as I may, I cannot wrest a single Christmastime from the …
Coming Home
As you will read elsewhere in these pages, another university event for …
The Brass Telescope
And pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of …
The Best of Times
It must be a condition common to our species that having arrived …
A Place on Which to Sit
"When a lady has a piazza, she has a place on which …
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