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  • I was burning the midnight oil lastnight, struggling with that Bartok analysis. I think I spent seven hours on it yesterday, and I still couldn't make head nor tale of the Development! When I finally tumbled into bed aro…

  • This dormitory may not look like a treehouse from the outside, but inside I'm at eye-level with the pinecones and squirrels. I like living in the tree-tops, even if it does tempt me to curl up on my bed, prop my elbows o…

  • I promised Emily quite a few months ago that I would post some of my considerations on the subject of blogging. I've been slow to honor that promise, not because I've forgotten it, but because I find the subject more …

  • The word that's been chasing me is "center." I met it several weeks ago in a discussion of atonality, and it's followed me ever since. Now I find it everywhere, in every book, every conversation, every piece of writing, …

  • Break is over - or will be in twenty-one minutes. It was pleasant while it lasted. I had time to acquire three pairs of shoes which I desperately needed - including running shoes and black dress shoes. Also to watch the …

  • Speaking of growing up . . . .Yesterday, the lady at the front desk in a chiropractor's office asked me, very sympathetically, if this was my first year of college.Today, I sat down at a counter in the optometrist's offi…

  • Thanks to two gentlemen for taking pity on me and escorting me out to find some food tonight. I feel much better than I did an hour ago. Chili and chicken sandwiches work wonders for tired, starving college students.Almo…

  • It's a grey day. Which gave me an excuse to order a great big cookie and a cup of hot tea after lunch, and, since the lunch crowds were long gone, read G.K. Chesterton at my table. I still can't get over the wonder of h…

  • It seems that the more there is going on, the less capable I am of forming any coherent sentences to describe it - or anything else for that matter!It's becoming the story of my life: in addition to teaching (and relishi…

  • Do words ever chase you?

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