Category: Holiday
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July 7, 2023 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Summer recess makes me want to … read, of course! I spend hours lining up books to fill my spare time (of which there is very little actual spare time). The library is one of my favorite destinations and most of my summer …
December 30, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. As 2022 comes to a close, we must explore the mixed meanings which come from an interaction of old and new. This year, for a quirky, somewhat strange aside, we supply some quotes from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who explored the world through …
December 23, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Robert Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874. Frost, an American icon, was one of few poets who achieved celebrity status. As the first poet to read at a Presidential Inauguration, he set many standards for our nation. Focused on country life, …
July 1, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Breaks are necessary for both mind and body. However, taking a break does not necessarily imply idle behavior. Quite the opposite! When we have a break from our regular routine, we are able to do things the revitalize us. Rest allows for change …
October 29, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. When Gulliver travels to Brobdingnag, he describes many things with disgust. Therefore, it seems fitting, for a Halloween treat, to revisit some of Swift’s grotesque elements from the world of Brobdingnag. If you find this overly terrifying, keep in mind that Gulliver survives …
January 1, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me, ooh, and I’m feeling good….” –Nina Simone 2020 has been a year of confusions. Of ups and downs. Though stability is always ephemeral, 2020 literally defined instability. I do …
January 4, 2019 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Some members in my family celebrate New Year’s Eve with lutefisk or sauerkraut. Some people celebrate with both. I, however, draw the line at lutefisk. I just cannot stomach it. What seems to me to be a petty difference of taste really bothers …
December 28, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Heri za Kwanzaa means Happy Kwanzaa. Since Kwanzaa began on December 26, and since I know so little about the holiday, I thought that today was the perfect opportunity to learn about it. Also, due to the fact that I know so little …
June 29, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all …
June 1, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. I know that Memorial Day 2018 already passed, but recently I have been rereading some of Standing Down, and felt the time was right for another moment of appreciation. War inevitably involves great trauma and loss. As the following quotes demonstrate, wartime changes …
