I'm re-reading a book that I read in translation when I was sixteen or so: Albert Camus' A Happy Death. Now I'm "reading" it as an audio book in French, La Mort Heureuse. It impressed me very much at the time and probably (now that I'm reading it again), pushed me in ways that I... Continue Reading →
Hope Springs Eternal
It's been raining here. And raining. And raining. We've had flooding, landslides, bridges destroyed, villages cut off. When it's sunny, I look up with distrust. It's been nice that it hasn't gotten that hot. It's also been not so nice because no one feels like it's summer. The snails are loving it. The slugs are... Continue Reading →
Let Them Eat Vegetables
Some of my students, the group that's been making me so depressed this year, wish to stay together in their (our) group at the end of the school year. They feel good together, or some of them do. I think the majority of them have started being nice to each other, and I don't know... Continue Reading →
It’s Raining Again
It wasn't a great song (Supertramp, in case you were wondering), and it isn't a great way to spend a summer holiday. And it is raining again, as it has been all summer here. At least I got away from it for a bit. Foro and I are just hanging out, digesting the trip we... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 