Tag Archives: Oxbridge

Celtic March

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

A British friend posted a Welsh flag to Facebook in honor of St. David’s Day.  I had forgotten, if I ever knew, that March first belongs to Cymru as surely as March seventeenth belongs Eire.  Little more than a fortnight … Continue reading →

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A Month of Sundays

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Sunday, 24 April 2011 Children awake to find the blasted bunny struck again.  Boiled eggs stuck under sofa cushions.  Chocolate overflowing from baskets and candy dishes.  Hot-cross buns and hard-boiled eggs fill bellies at breakfast.  Grandma cooks the fancy dinner … Continue reading →

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Hot Off the Virtual Press: The Four Seasons

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

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Hot off the Virtual Press: Academia’s 3Ms

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

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Pomp and Circumstances

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

Commencement offers one of the few occasions to celebrate the life of the mind in post-modern America.   My father, an engineering professor, says he marches to get his annual quota of ceremony in a life comparatively free of ritual. … Continue reading →

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