Monthly Archives: July 2014

Rebel’s Rest: Com’era, Dov’era?

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

I wrote the following post on July 30, but decided not to post it publicly, as it seemed (for lack of a better word) incendiary.  But as the two postscripts indicate, perhaps now is a good time to raise the … Continue reading →

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Sewanee Convenience Center Hours

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

  As the hours are hard to find online elsewhere, here you go. (Current as of March 2023) OK, the new hours, as far as I can decipher them are Monday 1-6 Tues – Fri 3-6 Sat. 8-4   *** … Continue reading →

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The Fire at Rebel’s Rest

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

A sore back woke me up in the middle of the night and, looking at my iPhone for the time (“1:39”), I saw a post on Facebook of a fire with the caption “rebels rest dammit.”  It had been posted … Continue reading →

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Along the Duck River

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken
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Words for Wines and Other Important Things

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

There’s a fine piece in this week’s New Yorker (July 12, 2014) by Maria Konnikova entitled “What We Really Taste When We Drink Wine” that I think has some bearing on what we do in the Humanities.  I had begun … Continue reading →

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Exiting Buggy Top

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

We hiked to Buggy Top Cave yesterday, just south of Sewanee off the Sherwood Road.   This is a phenomenal cave to visit, with an eighty foot mouth and a creek running through it. Buggy Top was closed for a while, … Continue reading →

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Teeny Weeny Circus

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Dogwood Festival, Winchester (TN), 2012.  Right after I took this picture, a woman walked by with a dog on a leash. Pandemonium ensued. The clown tried to get his dogs to stop barking, without success. It was so much more … Continue reading →

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Protected: Shoes of the Fisherman

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Diomedes and Glaucus in Fortaleza

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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