Julian of Norwich

Personne n’a répondu à mon article brillant sur Milton Wolff, donc je me tais; c’est-à-dire que je fais grève. Je suis devenue Julianne de Norwich†, dont la fête est aujourd’hui dans l’église universelle; je ne vous en raconterai rien. Je fais en même temps une fête parallèle pour le vendredi 13, car je suis aussi démon; … More Julian of Norwich

Milton Wolff

Milton Wolff’s 2008 obituary, cut out from Le Monde, was sent to our family and is now one of the tattered pieces of paper I am clearing out. He is very striking in the 1938 Robert Capa photograph that accompanies this obituary (5. II.08, by Robert S. Coale, p. 23). Coale says this photograph immortalized … More Milton Wolff

Weisstein, Valian

Naomi Weisstein was more egregiously mistreated than many of us, but also had a clearer sense of what was happening … perhaps because things were so much less veiled in those days … or perhaps because times were better. Weisstein: Wellesley faculty were brilliant and had to work at Wellesley because as women they were … More Weisstein, Valian

Shopping List

Do you think it is possible to save money and get in shape at the same time? I am going to try it and here is how. Off shopping list: beer, cheese, fowl, fruit juice, meat, most fruit, milk, spirits, wine. On shopping list: almonds, beans, brown rice, buttermilk, couscous, lettuce, limes, melons, miso, olives, … More Shopping List

Valeria Mignaco

The Spring, clad all in gladness Doth laugh at Winter’s sadness. UPDATE on seasons: I cannot remember a cooler month of May in Louisiana. Since it is cool and the semester is ending, I keep thinking it is Christmas. Yet last night I dreamed of sleeping in summer under the big trees. UPDATE on time: … More Valeria Mignaco