Category Archives: The South

RIP Stanley Crouch

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

Stanley Crouch came to speak at Sewanee in the mid-2000s as part of the “How Then Shall We Live?” series. Below is the author picture he sent. When I picked him up at the Nashville airport, he emerged from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Cemeteries & Funerals, Education, Italy, Poetry, Race, Sewanee, Tennessee, The South | Leave a comment

Protected: Myth Spr 20: Antigone

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Posted in Bible, Cemeteries & Funerals, Classics, Dogs, Drama, Education, England, Language & Etymology, Military, Mythology, Poetry, Race, The South | Enter your password to view 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

Pulvis et Umbra

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

A final shot from Mine 21, a beautiful image of miners’ headlamps which flicker like stars about to go out. Nos ubi decidimus quo pater Aeneas, quo dives Tullus et Ancus, pulvis et umbra sumus. –Horace, Odes 4.7.14-16 When we … Continue reading →

Posted in Cemeteries & Funerals, Classics, Mythology, Poetry, Tennessee, The South, Time | Leave a comment

The Drunken Pat Argument

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

A fine piece by Adam Gopnik in this week’s New Yorker on Frederick Douglass indicates that there was tension between the movements to enfranchise women and blacks, with a remark on how anti-Irish sentiment was used by either side: [Elizabeth … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, Race, Slavery, The South | Leave a comment

Protected: You have heard of Gettysburg, but does it haunt you?

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Posted in Cemeteries & Funerals, Family, Ireland, Military, Sewanee, Slavery, The South, Uncategorized | Enter your password to view comments.

Protected: What’s in a Place-name?

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Uncomely and Broken

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Posted in Drama, England, Ireland, Language & Etymology, Military, Sewanee, Slavery, The South, Uncategorized | Enter your password to view comments.

To Hear About a Martyr and a Hero

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

I had been prepared yesterday to talk about kings and prophets, but instead got to hear about a martyr and a hero. Friday was the day before Fall Break here in Sewanee, and my last class of the week was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Education, Music, Poetry, Race, Saints, Sewanee, Statues & Monuments, The South | Leave a comment

Protected: At Zora’s Grave

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Posted in Animals, Bible, Cemeteries & Funerals, Race, The South, Trees & Flowers, Uncategorized | Enter your password to view comments.

Protected: Circumspice: Reflections in the Wren Chapel

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Posted in Bible, Boston, Classics, Education, Emblems, England, Tennessee, The South | Enter your password to view comments.