Red Cedar
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Month: September 2011
One long struggle in the dark.
As much as I like everything I’ve read *about* Lucretius, I have to admit that I have really been struggling with the actual text of On the Nature of Things. You see, it’s a poem from about 70 BCE which seeks to explain the… Continue Reading “One long struggle in the dark.”
New Basics.
Here is the latest of my sewing endeavours – a first experiment with knit fabrics in the form of a charcoal rib-knit that I got at DressSew for $6 per metre. Unfortunately I have a tendency to make things too large – it has… Continue Reading “New Basics.”
What cruelty without wisdom
(The above is highlights of a marionette version of Antigone produced this year…..) Antigone is the reading which has affected me the most (in the tragic sense) thus far in our curriculum. A young woman who has lost almost everything – her father and… Continue Reading “What cruelty without wisdom”
Mencius by the sea
Over the weekend I re-read the books of Mencius for my class this week – fortunately in a little cabin by the sea on the west coast of Vancouver Island – a perfect place for quiet meditation and reflection on the words of this… Continue Reading “Mencius by the sea”
Same time next year?
Four years ago today, at 4 pm, I walked into a restaurant in my neighbourhood and met the man who is my match. One year ago today, at 4 pm, I married him at this spot on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Today,… Continue Reading “Same time next year?”
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