Yesterday we again met the Suitcases of Courage and the Sprinters della Casa for an excursion. Last week it was sheep and this week it was Edith Wharton. When Mrs SoC saw Dorothy reading an Edith Wharton book at one of the races this past summer, she mentioned that she was very interested in seeing [...]
Archive for October, 2008
More Naked Book Lust
Posted in Books, travel on October 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A Shout Out to the Puritans
Posted in teaching on October 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Note to Sarah Palin and her handlers: Ronald Reagan did not make up that line about the shining city on the hill. John Winthrop said it first in “A Model of Christian Charity” in 1630.
Just sayin’.
Poor John gets no love.
