Monthly Archives: August 2018

The last Thursday before ….

Posted on August 16, 2018 by forstegrupp

Most teachers dread the last few days of summer before the beginnings of faculty/staff meetings. It means the relatively schedule-free days where time is not punctuated by bells at regular intervals. This was my last free Thursday. There are no … Continue reading →

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Finished 4 more books

Posted on August 14, 2018 by forstegrupp

While I was in England, I finished Orson Scott Card’s novel Enchantment which has time-bending, a sleeping princess, linguistics, Baba Yaga, Russian politics, Jewish identity, and lost medieval kingdoms. Card certainly did he research into Proppian structural analysis of Russian … Continue reading →

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My husband would be unhappy…

Posted on August 12, 2018 by forstegrupp

But I rode my bike without a helmet to deliver absentee ballots to people who live at the edge of my ward which means several blocks from our house. Why didn’t I ever think of riding my bike before? It … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs in London?!

Posted on August 10, 2018 by forstegrupp

So one of my days in London I spent the entire afternoon at the Globe. I had a tour at 12:00 and then ate lunch and then went back for a Hamlet performance. I ate lunch on the south bank … Continue reading →

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Reading Harry Potter — again

Posted on August 9, 2018 by forstegrupp

Recently SH bought the complete Harry Potter series for the kindle. He has been reading it steadily and is far far far ahead of me. I just downloaded the series to my phone a few days ago as a diversion … Continue reading →

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A Mini Count!

Posted on August 8, 2018 by forstegrupp

On my last day in London, I walked out of the hotel and saw this: I am rather fond of Mini convertibles — being the driver of one. So I decided to keep a Mini count for my last day. … Continue reading →

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Goodbye to London, England, and Oxford

Posted on August 3, 2018 by forstegrupp

Since July 17 until today August 3, I have been here in the United Kingdom. The trip had three parts. The first week was with SH as we traveled by train around Wales. The second was a week in Oxford … Continue reading →

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Snarky English Signage

Posted on August 2, 2018 by forstegrupp

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A Globe, a River, and an Eye

Posted on August 2, 2018 by forstegrupp

Yesterday was a full day spent primarily in Southwark, exploring Borough Market and buying tea from Tea 2 You, having a tour of the Globe and then watching their performance of Hamlet, riding a river bus up to Westminster and … Continue reading →

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What does the Groundskeeper read at Oxford?

Posted on August 1, 2018 by forstegrupp

Yesterday morning I headed to the Ashmolean Museum for an appointment to see Pre-Raphelite drawings in the print room. The museum opened at 10 am so I had about 15 minutes to wait and I went and sat down on … Continue reading →

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