I finished Donna Leon’s The Girl of His Dreams over the weekend — what an indulgence it is to escape into a well-written mystery, especially if it also offers the pleasures of imagining yourself in…
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September sunshine is the very best! We’ve been enjoying day after day of weather in the mid 20’s. While it’s a bit tough to take in a non-air-conditioned classroom, it makes for a fabulous weekend.…
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Even you non-knitters will love this poston a blog I recently discovered, Exercise Before Knitting. In this post Elinor describes taking up the torch after a beloved 94-year-old knitter dies: she’s promised Laura Belle that…
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It’s been a hectic two weeks, adjusting to the change-of-pace of the new term after the langourous pleasures of summer. I’ve been memorizing students’ names, writing up assignments and sending them off to the printshop,…
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I’ve been beginning my poetry classes by reading the students a poem not on their reading list but rather chosen randomly, even quixotically, by me for sundry reasons. Looking through anthologies in my office this…
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