Category Archives: Sewanee

Back to the office, or unlearning the old normal

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

This is my office. The place that has been the center of my working life for a decade and a half here at the University of the South in Sewanee. It’s in the basement of Gailor Hall, but it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family, Sewanee, Time | 1 Comment

Last Call

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

“Can we get Shenanigan’s?” Daniel asked me. Kelly’s out of town, and I had plans to make chili. I flinched a little. Shelter in place. Stay at home. These are the mantras of the day. “I just feel like,” he … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Sewanee, Time | 2 Comments

Goodbye, dogwood

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

A sad tale. In order to bring in fiber optic cable, quite a few trees in town have needed to be removed, including our beloved dogwood by the roadside. In its time, the dogwood had held up Christmas lights in … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Sewanee, Trees & Flowers | 2 Comments

“Et in Arcadia Ego” bench in Abbo’s Alley

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Given by Friends and Classmate to Celebrate Our Friendship with Thomas Carleton Ward C ’69 August 3, 1947- June 30, 1997 Quick Bring a Beaker of Wine So That I May Wet My Mind And Say Something Clever From Mary … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Education, Poetry, Sewanee, The South, Time | Leave a comment

German POWs and Dixie Highway

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Sewanee Purple (April 16, 1918) 3

Posted in Military, Sewanee | 2 Comments

Antigone in Sewanee 1894

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

An update, April 2023: Willis Wilkinson Memminger, who played Antigone in the production, was the grandson of Christopher Memminger, the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury. Here he is on the CSA $5 bill, via Wikipedia: Various Notices on the Sewanee … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Drama, Sewanee, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Abbo’s Alley & German POWS

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

That some of Abbo’s Alley was laid out during WWII by German POWs is something I’ve often heard, but seen little documentary evidence. Below is what I’ve found. New York Times July 1, 1984, Section 10, Page 25: To the Editor: Thanks very much … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Dogs, Military, Poetry, Sewanee, Tennessee, Trees & Flowers | Leave a comment

Domine ne in furore tuo arguas

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

These images are take from the recently-recovered Fauquier Book of Hours, on which my friend and colleague Greg Clark is an expert, as discussed in the video below. The scene illustrated is from Psalm 6, the opening of which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Poetry, Sewanee, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Sewanee’s Moon Tree: A Poem & A Reflection

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

From the NASA wesbite: Apollo 14 launched in the late afternoon of January 31, 1971 on what was to be our third trip to the lunar surface. Five days later Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell walked on the Moon while … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomical, Poetry, Sewanee, Time, Trees & Flowers | Leave a comment

Moorman twins & Normandy

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

If you have been over to the University Counsel’s office in Walsh-Ellett Hall in Sewanee, you have seen probably the portrait of the Moorman twins from the early 1930s. (I’ll load an image of it when I get back over … Continue reading →

Posted in Cemeteries & Funerals, England, Military, Sewanee, Tennessee, Time | Leave a comment