J’ai fini

For 16 days I have written a page a day. Now I have 16 pages, a full draft, and I am exhausted. I accomplished very little else in this time beyond creating a new, very beautiful page on Facebook. On Facebook, I went and friended a few people I have been hiding from for years, … More J’ai fini

Rebecca Schuman

This post is a footnote to the Spanish Professor’s excellent discussion of the case of Rebecca Schuman, who has taken a certain amount of abuse lately and of whose situation I am now somewhat better apprised than I have been. I have a few non-Power points to make. 1. Schuman is in German. Do you … More Rebecca Schuman

Le soleil

These shoes are the Merrell Evera Shift and they are heels for biking. I do not need them but I have decided I should indulge my shoe obsession at the planning level as much as possible. I am still learning what I can wear, so this is not a fetishism, it is research. One thing … More Le soleil

Summer …

I wish I still had this bicycle, but I hereby memorialize it, as it was stolen in March. At our institution attendance at graduation is required of students if they wish to receive the degree, and of faculty every term. It is as though the institution insisted on keeping us as captive audience for one … More Summer …

That Quandary

Now my piece is definitely finished, and I do like it. Of course it could take another form but I like this form, too, and I want to publish this version, not hold it until I have something longer, or more lasting than bronze. I thought I had made a decision but my most recent … More That Quandary

Zarico

Do you remember that baile de cuna I got waved into, and that jinetero? Well, somebody caught it on film, and here is the evidence. I am the one in black jeans. We do not have enough pictures on this weblog, so we do what we can. This is in a new dancehall that is … More Zarico