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Logbook 98: August 2012
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On Wednesday I discovered this charming bullfrog hiding under the creek bank where I was eating lunch between classes. He was roaring so loudly that the water rippled around his throat. My gorgeous basil plant, one of the joys of this summer, turned into pesto yesterday. I cut off about half of it to use for pesto, and I must confess that it sort of felt like committing murder. The pesto was delicious, though. Posted by E.R. The first week of school closed today with two events, one sad and one happy.
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Logbook 98
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Now Playing: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Soundtrack by Howard Shore, "The Black Gate Opens.". Good old standby, perfect for lesson-planning and commenting on poems for workshop. A couple of photos from our Easter Sunday:. Posted by E.R. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Template images by digi guru.
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Logbook 98: January 2013
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Now Playing: Bach, Sonata for flute in E Major, "Adagio ma non tanto.". Clover has taken to carrying my boots and Scott's house slippers around the house. The process is somewhat disturbing: one at first hears the thunk-thunk-thunk as she hauls them up the basement stairs and then her baby-like whining as she proceeds through the kitchen, across the dining room, and up the next flight of stairs. I'm always startled until I remember that our cat is neurotic. Posted by E.R. Posted by E.R. Posted by E.R.
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Logbook 98: March 2013
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Lately in The Brothers Karamazov. One of the brothers has been accused of murdering their father. His interrogation by the local authorities takes chapters and chapters, but buried in the paragraphs of dialogue are revealing gems about this particular brother's character, and how Dostoyevsky understands him in context of the story. Are you going to flog me? That's all that's left for you.". Together those two pieces of insight were turning points for me in understanding this character's function. He'...
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Logbook 98: April 2013
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I just finished Eric Metaxas's new biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. I have to say that from the title (with its all-too-obvious echo of John Le Carre's novel) to the writing style itself, I found the biography to be somewhat long-winded. He lionized Bonhoeffer a lot more than I was prepared to swallow, which reminded me of why I don't usually like reading biographies. On contemplating marriage in the midst of World War II:]. That life only really begins when it ...
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Logbook 98
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Recently I've managed to make it into the heart of The Brothers Karamazov. At least if you define "heart" in terms of number of pages, and intensity of action. One of the brothers may have just murdered someone accidentally. We'll see. Nature is beautiful and sinless, and we, only we, are sinful and foolish, and we don't understand that life is heaven.". We are each responsible to all for all, it's only that men don't know this. If they knew it, the world would be a paradise at once.". I can begin to und...
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Logbook 98: October 2012
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Essay 2, Part 3. No matter what kind of bread I’m holding at the table, though, the word itself reminds me of the inescapable link to my own beliefs. Curiously, bread. 8217;s etymology is irrevocably braided with Christianity. Conventional wisdom would say, “Of course, the Middle Ages were full of medieval Christians,” but it’s actually surprising to me that bread. Has the pedigree it does, given the pagan antecedents of the Anglo-Saxons. Bread. Had been used before, bread. This, too, reverberates with C...
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Logbook 98: November 2012
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Thanksgiving Break: A Brief Photo Essay. I spent many hours this break writing thank you notes, but now they're finally all done! Well, except for the ones to Scott's family members, but since I delegated those to him, I'm just going to buy stamps for them, too, and hope for the best. Otherwise, we've spent the afternoon very quietly. One of the complex board games Scott loves has deeply absorbed all his attention. The paper wreath on the wall is the product of a hard afternoon's work on Mary's p...Claim...
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Logbook 98: December 2012
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Thanks to this we haven't been able to visit Oklahoma yet, but hopefully by tomorrow some of it will have been moved out of the way. some of it. Posted by E.R. Now Playing: Handel, Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor, Op. 6/4, HWV 322, "Larghetto - Affetuoso.". I've been reading a lot of poetry this week, trying to knock some books off the list that people keep recommending. Jay Hopler's Green Squall. And Elizabeth Bishop's Geography III. I don't wonder where you are anymore. Posted by E.R. We spent this mo...
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Logbook 98
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Scott and I have managed to fit a significant amount of outdoor work around our other labours during these past two weeks. Today I cut the first five daffodils of the season to bring inside and sit in a mason jar on the kitchen table. No fear; plenty more where that came from! Posted by E.R. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Template images by digi guru.
