Top places I have not been and want to go include: The Amazon Beirut Benin Berlin Damascus Darien Gap Egypt The Faroe Islands Ghana Guyana Jamaica Iceland India Istanbul Iran Mali Poland Tallinn Uzbekistan Xinjiang Autonomous Region Zanzibar Where do you want to go? Axé.
So today I spent 12 hours at this screen, working on arranging my trip to Mexico and that of the undocumented one, and on syllabi and course websites. The planning of the voyage of the undocumented one took the most ingenuity. I am not sure how much time went into each thing but I got … More Jorge Brauet
Here is how we looked planting cordgrass to help restore coastal Louisiana. This is fun to do but it is hard work and I suspect it is the light version of working sugarcane. It was like doing squats all day and when I walked into Rouse´s on the way home I realized I had the … More Planting grass by the rhizome
…in reverse, because I am the American, ferrying undocumented workers back through Mexico in a middle class way. So my friend´s gardener´s wife and their son have to return to their caserío in rural Mexico a year ahead of schedule, so she can care for her dying father. They will fly from a location in … More Reverse coyote
What I did today: 9-12 office, work on syllabus 12-3 lunch, small errands, gym 3-6 large errands 6-8 office, finish syllabus 8-10 dinner, clean kitchen Nothing else is planned for today. Tuesday I did about six hours of service, and Wednesday I did two hours of research. Thursday I worked on another syllabus, for about … More Things take time
I hope this exposition is still on when I get to México, D.F. The Museo del Estanquillo is one I have never been to, in any case; I have also never been to the Casa de Francia and its reading room. There are now many expositions from the private collection of Carlos Monsiváis, who died … More Noticias del Imperio
Note to readers: please remember the asynchronous and melded nature of all my posts. No positions are currently open in my current department. If the job I have to offer is so good that well qualified candidates should be beating upon my door to get it, then why are they not doing so? Especially since … More Take Two
School yell for the all too well initiated: Give me an H! Give me an I. Give me an R! Give me an E. H. I. R. E. and let´s hire! Hire! H. I. R. E. to the President! Hire! Hire! H. I. R. E. We´re going to sit. Sit. Sit till you sign so … More H. I. R. E.
I am from the ocean but now I cross rivers. Such a good sunset over the Mississippi coming from campus to Maringouin tonight, and I still do not know nearly enough about rivers. Axé.
The Faculty Club once had white linen but now has napkins in the school colors. Their gumbo remains good and fueled by it, I went over to the library for a designated afternoon of reading little magazines so I could decide where to send my rejected stories. My stories are in poetic prose and my … More In which I am foiled, again.
