Category Archives: Sewanee

Plant and Leafs from Green’s View

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

The first time my wife and I looked out from Green’s View in Sewanee, she said, “It looks like the original cover of The Fellowship of the Ring.”  She was right, of course, in more ways than one.  Sewanee has … Continue reading →

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Doug Seiters

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

The following is a talk I gave at the Sewanee Emeritus Association Annual Banquet in honor of Doug Seiters on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the old Sewanee Inn. When Laurence Alvarez contacted me a few months ago asking me … Continue reading →

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Protected: To Spiral (transitive)

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: About PTO Prayer

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

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The Core, and the Core, and the Core

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

This is the text of a talk I gave last year at the faculty retreat.  It seems like ancient history now! (The title is a pun on General MacArthur’s final remarks at Westpoint in 1962) “The Core, and The Core, … Continue reading →

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Gipson’s Switch to Midway Road (almost)

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

Such a pretty day for a bike ride today, so I decided to head down the Mountain Goat Trail beyond St. Andrew’s down into Monteagle. This part of the MGT will be paved in the next few months, I’m told, … Continue reading →

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The Daisy Hereabouts

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

A bit of floral folklore, previously unknown to me, has to do with the spread of daisies in the area during the Civil War. Perhaps some of my friends in the sciences could add some useful remarks on the matter? … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, Poetry, Sewanee, The South, Trees & Flowers, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

The Biting Bishop

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

One of the principal founders of the University of the South, where I teach, was Leonidas Polk,  the Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana as well as a Confederate Brigadier General. His occupation of both roles earned him the title “The Fighting … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Highlander Folk School

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

As part of Sewanee’s new “Finding Your Place” program for freshmen, my students and I today went to the nearby site of the Highlander Folk School, the populist educational facility founded by Myles Horton in 1932 that helped to midwife … 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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