It’s the Weekend! More France!
I’m off to my stylist’s for a cut-and-colour refresher, then we’ll head to Vancouver for the weekend A huge batch of marking to get through, but interrupted by some Nola time, a seawall run, and…
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Teaching in Style? Wearing Jeans, Talking about Language
I’m surprised how much fun I’ve been having with my 1st-year classes this term. Anyone who teaches university English will tell you it’s not a particularly desired gig, and I’ve ended up with four sections…
View PostThinking About Cities. . . .and Books about Cities
In contrast with my last post, the two books I’ll briefly discuss here are much more subtantial. Both non-fiction, Stephen Scobie’s The Measure of Paris and Mark Kingwell’s Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City speak to/about our…
View PostIs that Fall? or Collapse? Listing . . .
Wow! It’s not officially arrived yet, but Fall is kicking my ass, schedule-wise, and it’s showing up right here. I’m letting an extra day or two lapsed between posts, and when I get to them,…
View PostSurprising Beauty . . .
In my recent post on the Metz Pompidou Centre, I mentioned Mark Kingwell’s meditations on cities and architecture, particularly his thoughts on thresholds. I suspect Kingwell would have something to say about the location of…
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