At ease with what's ahead

The Washington skyline is camouflaged against an icing of clouds today. I won't be surprised if my trip home via Delta Airlines this afternoon is turbulent, because unsteady ground is inevitable in all personal journeys. The same will be said for my career as a journalist. I still have many unplanned tomorrows as a writer, but I am at ease because of the sound advice and recollections shared throughout orientation from both my fellow Scholars and seasoned journalists. I hope that the others are, too, and that we can share our own turbulence-laced journeys in the future.

-- Benny Polacca, Arizona State University, The Bulletin, Bend, Ore.