I haven’t written on my blog during the whole month of May as should be obvious. I’d like to say that I’ve been writing elsewhere, but that would be a lie. I have been on break — a much needed break. Alas, May is at an end, and so is my break. I begin teaching [...]
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Mailer Conference
Holy moly. What a busy couple of weeks. As you can see by the dearth of posts to this blog, I have been occupied elsewhere, including a wedding, a conference, and several other things. The wedding was great. I was the official photog, but I was also a guest. Autumn and I had a fabulous [...]
London 2010!
The new European Council London Study Abroad brochure is out, and it features my photography. Unfortunately, I’m not going next summer, but my colleague and friend Heather is. So, you should sign up! Check out the European Council web site for more information. Seriously, this is one of the best experiences I have ever had [...]
Oxford
Last Friday, Dan and I took about forty students to Oxford and Christ Church. It was a beautiful day (again!), and Oxford was very photogenic. Between the architecture, the people, and the landscapes, I’m not sure my camera had much rest that day. Out of 316 photos, I marked (and posted) 178 — over half. [...]
London Day 21: Thames Cruise to Greenwich
My World Literature field trip was screwed up today. Not the one we actually took, but the one I had planned. We were studying the Enlightenment this week, with examples from Molière and Pope. Therefore, I decided to go to Marble Hill House, an 18th-century mansion on the Thames, west of London. Well, apparently the [...]
London Day 19: The Tower and the Church
Our field trip for this day took us to the Tower of London and St. Paul’s Cathedral for examples of English crime and punishment throughout history. I asked my students to take the Beefeater‘s Tour of the tower, something that’s always entertaining. I’ve visited the tower several times over the last 15 years, and I [...]
London Day 18: The Shakespeare Walk
One of the two scheduled walks for our trip (the other is the Jack the Ripper Tour, which I missed), the Shakespeare Walk began in London proper and continued in Bankside. It was a great tour: we crossed the London Bridge, saw the George Inn, several alleys mentioned by Shakespeare and Dickens, the site of [...]