1. Full-Screen Microsoft Word

    Continuing the theme of my tip last week about using fewer buttons, here is another suggestion for how to use Microsoft Word more effectively.
    Use the … Read this post →

  2. Minimalist Microsoft Word

    How many of those buttons in Microsoft Word do you actually use? Until last night, Word on my personal computer had seventy-seven buttons in four … Read this post →

  3. Becoming a Librarian

    I have accepted a job at BJU’s Mack Library. I will be working as a reference librarian, and I may also help in the archives. … Read this post →

  4. Writing on Demand

    In “The Departure of a Good Daemon,” Robert Herrick expresses a common problem of writers:
    What can I do in poetry,
    Now the good spirit’s gone from … Read this post →

  5. Citizen-Soldier Monuments

    In many places, I have seen monuments with lists of soldiers. Many are small-town memorials, like those in Groton, Massachusetts, that list all the … Read this post →

  6. Making the Short List

    I have begun earnestly looking for graduate schools to apply to this summer. Parts of that process might interest my readers. (Prudence dictates reticence about … Read this post →

  7. Annual Meeting of the SCHA

    This Saturday, a contingent from BJU attended the annual meeting of the South Carolina Historical Association. In all, we had four faculty and five graduate … Read this post →