http://vintagegoodness.com/2016/12/ June 15th. Dulles Airport. Now at the airport. Unable to get the internet working properly. Pondering possible Latin texts for our classes in South Africa – there exist many Latin accounts of the animals – certainly good material on elephants, lions, and giraffes, from Pliny to Linnaeus. There is much Latin writing about North Africa […]
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At the Airport.
19-Jun-15In the National Gallery.
19-Jun-15order disulfiram online uk June 15th. Dulles Airport. We had time today in the morning, before our evening flight, and so we drove into D.C. and visited the National Gallery. I had been there before, but I don’t know the museum well. In general, it aroused in me the same feelings that D.C. does: I am kind of impressed, […]
Prolegomenon: Latin In America.
19-Jun-15June 15th. Dulles Airport. We drove down to Washington D.C. after a funeral in New York. I had my usual repeated meals of pizza while in New York, attempting to stock up on calories. It might be a long time before I have my next good slice. In D.C. we stayed with Catherine’s aunt and […]
Latin in South Africa.
19-Jun-15June 14th, Washington D.C. Tomorrow Catherine and I depart for Africa for a most unusual reason: to teach Latin. Last year Marianne Dircksen, a professor in the school of ancient languages at Northwestern University in Potchefstroom, came to Rusticatio Virginiana in search of help. Latin, which had been part of the colonial educational system in […]
Small-Town Life.
29-Oct-13I was dropping off campaign letters at the post office when I was told by the lady at the counter, “Just hold on a second, I’ll get your mail” – this from someone I’ve never been formally introduced to, though she sure got the right person’s mail out. When she saw I had campaign materials […]
The eulogy for David Morgan delivered by Nancy Llewellyn at his funeral on Saturday. I met David in 1995 when we were both just getting started in the peculiar and often delightful academic microclimate that I have come to call the Latinosphere, that is, the global community of classical enthusiasts who cultivate Latin by speaking […]
In Paradisum David Morgan.
08-Feb-13There is not much that can be done in the face of our certain mortality. Two nights ago I heard from friends that David Morgan, professor of French Literature at Furman University and for several years one of the teachers at Rusticatio Virginiana, lay on his deathbed and had probably only hours to live. I […]
The Appian Way, by Bob Kaster.
28-Jun-12Robert Kaster’s The Appian Way, Ghost Road, Queen of Roads was my companion for a day here in the woods, in between spurts of gardening and writing. The book is short – 120 pages – and generally delightful. It consists of some scattered historical anecdotes and observations coupled with a few bursts of travel writing. […]
Latin-teaching Blogging.
29-Jan-12Since I’m back in the classroom, I’m going to put up a few pieces about the nuts and bolts of Latin teaching, as I go through various topics through the school year. “Write what you know.”
The Richness of Human Life.
15-May-12Two fifth grade students finished their tests later than the rest of the class and as a result their tests ended up in a different pile from everyone else’s, and when I got to grading them I figured I would skip the scantron – it was only two tests – and grade them by hand. […]