Category Archives: Trees & Flowers

“Asynchronous in Sewanee”

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

A piece I wrote for Sewanee Features called “Asynchronous in Sewanee” just came out.

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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: Myth Spr 20: Bacchae

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Little mysteries in an old edition of Cicero

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

See this update How this book came into my possession, I really can’t say, but it’s probably the oldest one I own, a copy of select orations of Cicero (together with Asconius’ commentary) as well as De Senectute and De … Continue reading →

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Ovid’s Priapus (Notes on Fasti 1.391-441)

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

These are some notes I made for a class I taught over two decades ago at Boston College on Ovid’s Fasti, his epic poem on the Roman calendar,  At that time, there wasn’t a good commentary on Book 1, although … Continue reading →

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Protected: John Ciardi, “About Rivers and Toes”

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

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Brief Note from Scotland

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

Today and tomorrow, I’m at the Celtic Classics Conference, being held at Saint Andrews. It’s a lovely town by the sea ( pics below), with famous golf courses and some grand old university buildings, none of which the conference is … Continue reading →

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