Monthly Archives: September 2013

Last Night’s Fireball

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

I was outside talking to my friend Elizabeth yesterday evening, about 6:45 Central, when, all of a sudden, an enormous fireball appeared in the sky behind her.  “Whoa! Is that a comet?!” I asked. “I hope it’s not a burning … Continue reading →

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The Core, and the Core, and the Core

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

This is the text of a talk I gave last year at the faculty retreat.  It seems like ancient history now! (The title is a pun on General MacArthur’s final remarks at Westpoint in 1962) “The Core, and The Core, … Continue reading →

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Gipson’s Switch to Midway Road (almost)

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

Such a pretty day for a bike ride today, so I decided to head down the Mountain Goat Trail beyond St. Andrew’s down into Monteagle. This part of the MGT will be paved in the next few months, I’m told, … Continue reading →

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The Way We Used to Roll

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

The Glidden Auto Tour was coming through town this week, I learned, “the largest premier antique automobile touring event in the world,” according to the press release which I forwarded to the principal of the local school, a friend of … Continue reading →

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The Daisy Hereabouts

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

A bit of floral folklore, previously unknown to me, has to do with the spread of daisies in the area during the Civil War. Perhaps some of my friends in the sciences could add some useful remarks on the matter? … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, Poetry, Sewanee, The South, Trees & Flowers, Uncategorized | 4 Comments