paris planning

Yesterday afternoon, I took a break from my essay-writing to attend a colloquium given by some of my colleagues in the English and the Fine Arts departments on William Blake and print culture. After a…

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Kellerman’s Bones, Flynn’s Knife, and Wiseman’s Crackpot

I wonder if I’m doomed to keep apologizing for cursory posts here — I do hope that, once I’ve got these two conferences behind me, I’ll be able to be a bit more expansive here,…

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This opera contains nudity . . .

Just a quick update after the weekend, as I’m actually prioritizing my conference paper-writing and I really need to get out for a walk as well. Mom was well enough to join us for the…

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weekend fun ahead

Hope you don’t mind more garden photos, but I like to share the spring bounty. These are all shots of a favourite Japanese maple, so fresh and delicate and precise as it opens out leaves…

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Antidote to Hysteria — Procrastinating Again

I love this rhodo, Temple Bells, and am pleased to see that after being broken by the dog several years ago, pruned by an over-energetic Pater the summer before last (he pruned branches with next…

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