Category Archives: Boston

Protected: I’ll be blasting you

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

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Daniel/Amos/Jonah: discussion questions

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Some old discussion questions for an Honors class at Boston College on the prophets Daniel The Book of Daniel is set explicitly during the Babylonian Captivity, that 400-year period when the Israelites were forcibly removed from the Promised Land to … Continue reading →

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Protected: John Ciardi, “About Rivers and Toes”

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

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Fake Jan!

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

You may not know this, but January 2nd is, to some online hipsters that I do not count myself among, sometimes called “Fake Jan” Day. Jan 2. Get it? The whole thing involves the Brady Bunch Variety Hour in some … Continue reading →

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Sewanee Memoire: Projections for the Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

Below are remarks I gave for a forum organized by Prof. Woody Register and the Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation on about Art, Commemoration, and Sewanee’s Campus, held at Otey Parish on February 19, 2017. Also on the panel … Continue reading →

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Remembering My Late Great Friend and Mentor, Bob Kupka

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

This is a piece my brother Jamie wrote about Bob Kupka, a former teacher of his at West Roxbury High who became a great friend. Bob passed away in January 2016, and his obituary is below. Jamie sent me this … Continue reading →

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Protected: Circumspice: Reflections in the Wren Chapel

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

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Ave atque Vale, Michael

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

I often went over to watch election returns with Michael Hurst. He was a Republican, and I a Democrat; he a devoted Southerner, and I a “Massachusetts-American,” as he said. We disagreed on almost everything about national politics and agreed on … Continue reading →

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Protected: Behold the (Other) Man! Looking for Pilate 2: Naples, Palazzo Pitti

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Facing Demons in Etruria

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Out to Fiumcino airport I went, thinking it would be easier to deal with a car rental there and get on to the E80 to Cerveteri and Tarquinia to look at the Etruscan tombs. Alas, Avis at FCO was an … Continue reading →

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