My exchange student has now arrived in Figeac and we do not understand how Maringouin competes with such a town. She missed graduation. I rode to it on my bicycle, in full regalia and grey suede boots. The students have new robes and are “very beautiful” in them, as my exchange student would say. She … More Edna Anna Schroeder
I am bothered by this post because it is not the New Year yet and because I associate resolutions with exhortations to discipline and austerity, which I do not lack. Still I am compelled to think about it and this is the current draft of my resolutions: 1. Get comfortable tying the kayak onto the … More Brave new year
We took my exchange student to the airport this afternoon so she could fly to Dallas … London … Toulouse … and then finally drive here, to Figeac. I have been taken to the airport many times by people in poorer countries who had enjoyed my visit and did not know when they would see … More Brave new Europe
This is the town in the Dordogne Rocamadour, in Rayuela, is named after. Axé.
How is Raghavan as a cat name? Cats add to expense and effort in life, I know, but I dreamed I had acquired two cats without planning it, so I think I should plan. I also want perfume, the first thing I gave up in 2008. I want to go to the beach at Destin, … More Raghavan … and a question academics will think is about Foucault
I want books by Pico Iyer and Lisa Cohen, and I have to buy El espejo enterrado (Alfaguara 2010) for the culture course. I believe I already have another book I ordered for that class: Editors: Hart and Young Title: Contemporary Latin American Cultural Studies Publisher: Arnold (distributed in USA by Oxford UP) Date: 2003 … More Des livres
‘Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s, Lucy’s, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks; The sun is spent, and now his flasks Send forth light squibs, no constant rays; The world’s whole sap is sunk; The general balm th’ hydroptic earth hath drunk, Whither, as to the bed’s feet, life is shrunk, Dead … More A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day
Here is an actual picture of the actual hacienda where Isaacs’ novel is set. It is wonderful but also quite uncanny to be able to call it up, just like that. Axé.
These are what I settled on for winter kayaking. Mine have an orange rim. Shoes I had to walk by and resist to get these included the Dansko Nadine and Rae, and the Frye Audra Button Heel. I have gotten over the Gabor Gabor and there will always be more Dansko and Frye shoes. A man who … More Brave new boots
It is privatized and this makes care much less accessible but people are being told this is Obama’s fault and not Jindal’s. Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 