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May 26, 2023 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Last week’s blog (https://hmu.edu/2023-5-19-reading-rabelais-part-i/) used Rabelais’s Gargantua and Pantagruel as the foundation to connect with contemporary works. Today’s blog continues in the same vein, connecting the old with the new. As I said before, however, Rabelais is not easy reading. The language feels …
Before HGTV, before Ty Pennington or Joanna and Chip Gaines, before This Old House even, Charlotte Brontë wrote about the dullness of life in orphanages and the solitary life of a governess in Jane Eyre. As Jane moves from situation to situation, she comments on the decoration of her living situation. In each case, the …
March 18, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. As chrysanthemums and tulips sprout, birds nest, and winter eases its hold on the ground, humans also begin to change some behaviors. We associate spring with life and vitality. With this also comes annual responsibilities such as cleaning. Cleaning is one of those …
December 10, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Recently I attended a webinar hosted by Middlebury College on the subject of data literacy. This webinar was part of a program called Middlebury Initiative for Data and Digital Methods (or Midd:data for short) and functioned as an introduction to the importance of …
December 18, 2020 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. During this pandemicky year, a friend of mine has taken to writing me a letter every day. She usually includes details about the workday, family responsibilities, emotions of being at home, etc. A few times, she has included an old postcard, written more …
October 25, 2019 Thanks to Ned Boulberhane, a 2019 Harrison Middleton University Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post. China: The far lands of the Orient, and perhaps the world’s oldest living civilization. However, the days of Huang He River Valley have evolved into something quite different than the previous centuries. 1949 saw the rise of …
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August 16, 2019 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. -ess (or -esse): from ME -esse < OF < LL -issa < Greek -Merriam-Webster Online English borrows words from many languages. One way to identify the origin of a word is to look at the word parts. Today’s blog will outline some details …
July 5, 2019 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. What happened the day after independence? Or the next day, or the day after that? How does one go about constructing a cohesive, yet flexible, democratic society? What is it like to transition from a single goal – defeat the British – to …
June 14, 2019 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Ancient history can be a difficult subject for students because it is inherently foreign to them. Not only is there a language difference, but it is genuinely difficult to envision life removed from today’s technologies. When speaking of ancient cities, most people think …
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 …
