Category Archives: Oxford

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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Protected: Ave atque Vale, Treebeard

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Bye Bye Burdies?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: To See A Fine Lady

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Beatings and Latin again

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Lines Written in the Ashmolean Museum

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Father and young sons Looking at Laocoön Museum torture  

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Two Ways About It

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

This is a talk I was asked to give for new student orientation way back in 2005 here at Sewanee. Two Ways About It New Student Orientation Talk Guerry Auditorium Sunday, August 21, 2005 Good afternoon. Let me be among … Continue reading →

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Remarks for “Foundations of Place” Panel

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

My colleagues, John Willis and Jerry Smith, have given better talks than I ever could about the historical situation of the University’s founding a century and half or so ago, and of course I always tremble to follow Jim Peterman.  … Continue reading →

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Stations of the Cross

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

It’s Good Friday, and in Sewanee that means that at noon a large cross will be slowly carried from the School of Theology to All Saints’ Chapel by various members of the university and community.  Following the Way of the … Continue reading →

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Behind the Times in Sewanee

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

This past Sunday morning, I went up into Breslin Tower here in Sewanee to watch the clock being re-set for Daylight Savings Time. Keith Henley, who has been overseeing the clock for the past two years and seems to know … Continue reading →

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