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Ely Green on Archibald Butt

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Uncomely and Broken

Major Archibald Butt, whom I have mentioned a few times before on this blog– here and here— was a famous son of Sewanee, and so it is no surprise that he should be mentioned by another famous son, Ely Green, … Continue reading →

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The Mall (an exercise in dactylic hexameter)

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Uncomely and Broken

To introduce my students to dactyls (-uu), I showed them a pair of famous examples in tetrameter: All the kings’ horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Picture yourself in a boat on a river withtangerine … Continue reading →

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What the heck is this rock? Slag

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Uncomely and Broken

It’s been icy, snowy, rainy, and all kinds of wet around Sewanee lately, so unsurprisingly, the ground has disgorged a number of unusual items, one of which I came across as I was walking the dogs the other day. Google … Continue reading →

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Quake and Quarantine

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

So, last night, in the midst of the COVID-19 quarantine, we had an earthquake. At 3:33 AM. And, get this, it was 3.3 on the Richter Scale. It was only a few miles from our house, down in Lost Cove … Continue reading →

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Rainy evening reflections

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

It’s raining in Sewanee, and will be for the next few days, they say. Springtime has always been the season of showers around here, of course, a small price to pay for the green of the trees and grass. It’s … Continue reading →

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LATN 403 Spr 20: open book #2 exam, due Monday, May 4th at noon Central

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

Friday, May 1, 2020 Dear Imperial Roman Prose students, The exam on Tacitus’ Agricola is below, and it is due Monday, May 4th at noon Central.  Please send me an email with the subject line “LATN 403 Midterm 2: Your Last … Continue reading →

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola, chap. 28

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: House of Cadmus 2

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Notes from the Corona Diary: Facemasks

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

So, it is now suggested by the CDC hat all Americans wear facemasks, at least in areas where social distancing is not possible. Trump, of course, won’t do it, as the NYT reports: “With the masks, it is going to … Continue reading →

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: House of Cadmus

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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