Archive for June, 2008
All around the mulberry bush…
Just outside of my classroom here at KBS is a large mulberry bush. The mulberries are just beginning to ripen. I had a small, but very tasty, handful today. I’ve never really eaten anything made with mulberries before. I was thinking they’d be good with pancakes. Any suggestions?
The Good and the Bad (but No Ugly)
Kung Fu Panda – The main character is a fat panda. Some of the ways fat is portrayed are good, some are really awful. But I did laugh a lot. I felt like the movie was over in 30 minutes. Perhaps that’s because it’s a kid movie and I’m really a kid. The Notorious Bettie […]
What I’ve noticed (too busy to keep up with reading edition)
American wars are organized by how we remember them over at The Edge of the American West. When that makes you feel terrible, go calm down by looking at Emily’s fantastic fern pictures. They almost make me want to brave the poison ivy to find my own.
Blood-Lakes
-As for me: laugh at me. I agree with you. It is a fool- ish business to see the future and screech at it. One should watch and not speak. And patriotism has run the world through so many many blood-lakes: and we always fall in. From “So Many Blood-Lakes” by Robinson Jeffers
For Una
I built her a tower when I was young- Sometime she will die – I built it with my hands, I hung Stones in the sky Old but still strong I climb the stone – Sometime she will die – Climb the steep rough steps alone, And weep in the sky. From “For Una” by […]
Digression Hats
This week I’m taking a course in population biology from Dr. Robin Snyder. She’s a pretty fantastic teacher. I only looked at the clock 4 times in 6 hours today. You should notice she’s wearing two hats in this picture. The first hat goes on when she starts a digression. The second hat is for […]
Flying
Flying is awful. It wouldn’t be that bad if I could ever afford a direct flight. But the cheap tickets are always the worst. It took me over 12 hours to get from Phoenix to Kalamazoo. I wasn’t in the air that long. I spent most of my time in the LA and Detroit airports […]