Category: Stories, Poems, & Pics

Here is my “creative corner,” where I share some personal stories, selected poems, and some choice pics, including some pulled from relevant posts.

Ralph Nichols and MZ at the “Listening” convention, March, 1988

Here I am, at the 1988 annual convention of the International Listening Association, standing with my “pen-pal finally met in the flesh,” Ralph G. Nichols, aka “The Father of Listening.” (Click post title to see pic)

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How I met “The Father of Listening”

To get the “Stories” section of this site going, allow me to merge the two seemingly contrary topics – speaking and listening – in the following tale, which I present as a first-hand tribute to the legendary scholar known to many (mainly scholars in the “listening” sub-field of communication) as the Father of Listening, Ralph…

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