Category Archives: Nautical

Song to the Seals

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

Every so often you come across a charming thing quite unintentionally on the internet, and this morning’s entry for me is the great Irish tenor John McCormack singing “Song to the Seals” from 1935.     A sea maid sings … Continue reading →

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola chap. 30

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola, chap. 28

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola chap. 24

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Private: Myth Spr 20: Theseus

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Tim’s Ford notes

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

This is just a page on which I intend to stick things I find out about Tim’s Ford lake. Other links:  

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The Graveyard on Devil Step Island

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

My friend Adam and I had been planning to take his boat out on to Tims Ford Lake, and this Sunday seemed like the last possible day to do it until springtime. It was an unseasonably warm November day. Why … Continue reading →

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Introduction to the revised edition of “Latin and Greek As Used at Sewanee”

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

From a Sewanee Features piece last year, some of you will know that I am planning on publishing (at some point in the near but as yet undetermined future) a revised edition of the little pamphlet, Latin and Greek as … Continue reading →

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Protected: What hidden scorn you must have for yourself

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

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Through Transpadene Gaul by Rail

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

I was on my way to Lausanne from Milan by train, and instead of reading the book I had with me, decided to look on the window instead. There’s not too much to see at first.  The trainyard isn’t all … Continue reading →

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