All right, even I am having difficulty at times keeping up with all the news, so if I repeat something here, it just means you’re paying attention, well done, here’s a cookie! Soon I have to leave the glories of Alba for the um, gories? of Albany. Alas. Which means I have to figure out…
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Profiled at Eden Baylee’s Blog & News
I am profiled over at Eden Baylee’s blog today. Drop by and say hello to find out what lurks inside my mind lately. I suppose it’s the usual sort of thing, but Eden has some interesting questions that I have not had in an interview before, so maybe you will learn a few new things…
History Witch: Anglo-Saxon Death
I think the impulse that defines an academic nature is that one responds to difficult moments by turning to the past to see how others have coped with similar times. So still reeling from unexpected grief, I turn to history as I contemplate the ways we deal with the inevitability of parting from those we…
Converting Monks into Friars in Iowa
So, the trip to Iowa included an unscheduled night in Chicago. A bit irritating to spend all those hours in O’Hare, but the truth is the seasoned traveler needs to be prepared for this kind of inconvenience. I had books to read, things to write and social media at my fingertips where I could complain…
To Spring
O thou with dewy locks, who lookest downThro’ the clear windows of the morning, turnThine angel eyes upon our western isle,Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring! The hills tell each other, and the listeningValleys hear; all our longing eyes are turnedUp to thy bright pavilions: issue forth,And let thy holy feet visit…
I should have known better…
Yes, I was a glutton — three medieval classes in one term. I should add, I’m teaching three medieval classes with at least two different textbooks, so I am teaching some of the same texts in different translations (as if conveying the complexities of different parts of the Middle Ages were not hard enough!). I…
Welcome, Autumn!
Autumn is here and so are the in-laws! It’s great to see Jane and Gene Sr. and they are spoiling us with eating out every night. We’re full and the fridge is full of leftovers. We have a new favorite restaurant, too: Karavalli in Latham. Great food — and such a variety! Superb service, too,…
Not My Job
As I sit here regretting that I ever volunteered myself to take a group of students to London next month and dealing with all the endless details that go with it, I realise it’s part of an overall sense of exhaustion that’s making me pull back from things I really don’t need to be doing….
K. A. Laity 