An astute reader may have noticed that this has been a difficult teaching week for Miss Card. Part of this has been due to my own inadequacies, and partially due to some frustrating students with Attitudes.
Writing is hard to teach.
Today I decided to attempt peer editing. First we talked about why it is [...]
Archive for January, 2008
(Proverbs 27:17) “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”
Posted in Teaching on 31 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hate to admit it, but Herodotus is growing on me.
Posted in Literary on 31 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Lydian king Croesus to King Cyrus of Persia–
No one is fool enough to choose war instead of peace– in peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons.
The Massagetae queen Tomyris to King Cyrus–
Rule your own people and try to bear the sight of me ruling mine. But of course you will [...]
To, two, too Tuesday
Posted in Personal, Teaching on 29 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Teaching is hard. And the thing is, when you aren’t doing a good job … it’s real life people that you’re not doing a good job with. I mean, if you’re bad at punching numbers … at least the numbers don’t have eternal souls.
I finished O.Twist though, which feels like an accomplishment equal [...]
In which it occurs to me that throughout the life of this blog, I’ve quoted all but this section of Collins’ Aristotle
Posted in Poetry on 29 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And this is the end,
the car running out of road,
the river losing its name in an ocean,
the long nose of the photographed horse
touching the white electronic line.
This is the colophon, the last elephant in the parade,
the empty wheelchair, and pigeons floating down in the evening
Here the stage is littered with bodies,
the narrator leads the characters [...]
High Desert
Posted in Personal, Poetry, Travel, tagged new mexico, santa fe on 28 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rocky land of scrub brush and sky—deep cobalt sky—with clouds that mock white-marbled cathedrals, clouds that pile on top of one another like bubbles in a bathtub, or roil like high-tide waves. High noon, bright sun. Within ten minutes, the world’s gone dark and ten minutes after that angels are bailing heaven, throwing the tears [...]
Chapter XVII: In which Dickens’ finally gives a good line in Oliver Twist and redeems himself from so many pages of boring narration
Posted in Literary on 28 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Such changes appear absurd; but they are not so unnatural as they would seem at first sight. The transitions in real life from well-spread boards to death-beds, and from mourning weeds to holiday garments, are not a whit less startling; only, there, we are busy actors, instead of passive lookers-on, which makes a vast [...]
There Will Be Blood:
Posted in Movies Music Media on 27 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting, amazing music, sad, not sure what all to think, beautiful, depressing.
Something like that.
He vuelto a los Estados Unidos de El Salvador
Posted in Personal, Travel, tagged business as missions, el salvador, trip on 26 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a whirlwind tour of ministering to international business owners/Christians, lectures on business as missions, good old fashioned sight-seeing, souvenir-buying, and a delayed flight home, I am back in La Mirada! I’m sure I will post more (if I don’t, please give me a hard time). I also hope to post pictures when I get [...]
if I had two cats I’d name them ‘Eliot’ and ‘Lorca’
Posted in Personal, Poetry on 26 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Today anyways). The morning’s sunshine is warm, especially when matched with poetry, pens, coffee and sweet bread.
Y DESPUÉS
Los laberintos
que crea el tiempo,
se desvanecen.
(Sólo queda
el desierto.)
El corazón,
fuente del deseo,
se desvanece.
(Sólo queda
el desierto.)
La ilusión de la aurora
y los besos,
se desvanecen.
Sólo queda
el desierto.
Un ondulado
desierto.
Posted in Personal on 26 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Cosmos,
This week sucked (hopefully in the past tense). Seriously, I am impressed by your unending creativity. But the sunrise this morning was lovely, as was the freshness of the air after the storm. Take that all for whatever you will.
Sincerely,
R. Card
