Z: Did you enjoy Madison? Person from Houston: Yes, but it was really hard. Z: How so? Is it really as cutthroat as one sometimes hears? Person from Houston: No. It was that I had to learn how not to defer to men. You are not expected to do that there, and doing it does … More Another dialogue, another fact
Person: This is like being in Mexico in the 1820s. Z (laughs): Perhaps it is really about 1830 (if this is Mexico). There has been a post-Independence civil struggle. Only the winning leaders were not killed. Of the peons and civilians, I am the only one left standing, although I am wounded. All the other … More A dialogue, and one fact
This went medium well. I am glad I was as prepared as I was, down to the last drop. What I want to say is that as I train myself to be as obsequious as is considered meet, I train myself out of the authority to finish any writing project, too. I first noticed this … More Event, part 1
ALGUIEN, 1888-1973 She paid for us to go to college, not having been able herself. She says of her parents: They were both very good people who brought out what was most futile in the other, which is quite a tragic situation. If you have a good person and a bad person, that is one … More Des femmes
Every once in a while I spy on my grandfather’s family. They were the lords of Wye House in Easton, Maryland, est. 1659. This was where Frederick Douglass grew up, back when he was just Fred Baily. He describes my ancestors in his Narrative. Wye House was known for its hospitality, having housed among many … More Frederick Douglass
That turns out to be one of the types of shoe I am allowed to wear. There is this too, more elegant in person than in the photograph. I tried it on in the store and then ordered it online for $46. I could not get a ticket for Lincoln, although I tried, and New … More Et voilà
I have to go, I am late, but these are the things I want to discuss: – Astrology for academic job seekers. I am not joking. Location matters a great deal, for instance, although not in the ways people claim. There is a great deal else you can learn from your chart about what to … More Being and Place
I always wanted to, always liked the people who had two. Here is a program that may be of interest to you or yours, taught in beautiful places. Astrid Fellner from the University of the Saarland in Saarbrücken, Germany announces that as part of an International Graduate School on “Diversity: Mediating Difference in Transcultural Space” … More Let’s do another Ph.D!
These are the Dansko Harper in oiled black. I bought them this afternoon, so I am grateful. They are amazingly comfortable and they make me feel competent. This semester I have acquired more shoes at once than ever before, because due to this foot problem I developed all my former shoes had to go. I … More Merci
My exchange student is going to New York for Thanksgiving. When she gets into Manhattan she will go to her friend’s house on the A train. I am excited about this: stepping out of LaGuardia, jumping on that Port Authority bus, taking the A train uptown. Axé.
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