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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, …
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 …
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 …
November 23, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “Cookery is the most ancient of the arts, for Adam was born hungry.” – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin I love cooking and so, naturally, I love old cookbooks. The holidays present a perfect time to rummage through my cookbooks. I learn so much about …
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 …
December 29, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow; The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.” – Alfred, Lord Tennyson Music for today’s post provided by Trio Mediaeval I have heard of ringing …
December 22, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. I have been busy wrapping presents. But I’ve also been wondering about some of the language that we casually throw around this time of year. So, in today’s post, I am going to compile a couple of terms and tell you what I …
December 23, 2016 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. We have just passed the 2016 Winter Solstice. The longest night and coldest temperatures often derive strong images of sadness or death. These are the days of greatest darkness, and yet, for all the dark, we also find hope for the coming of …
