Few truly want “the honest truth.” They may ask for it, and even if you double-check to confirm that they are ok with what may be shared, they rarely think through their answer. They get angry when you give them their medicine since they expect cake. How are you doing? It has been far too long since I last wrote here. Can it be over five months since I last opened my brain and dribbled my thoughts through my keyboard? The first half of the year was another interesting one on campus. Students improved, and life got a bit closer to the before-times, but the masks never came off in the classrooms. While the country I love continues its backslide into a future that will have us even more divided into the two camps where only one side cares about everyone, and the other side wants only what looks like them. There are scary days ahead, and I wonder how dark they may get. Me?…