October 2022
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Stunning, is it not? Just at the west side of our fair city, set against the first manifestations of the Front Range. Six well-tended fields, scores of players and many, many parents and grandparents (among them me, on sunny Saturday mornings). I can't imagine a more idyllic and peaceful scene. Do Luke and Caleb and…
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The word "nostalgia" has a curious history. It was coined in the late 17th century by attaching Greek άλγος (algos – pain) to νόστος (nostos -homecoming). Originally, nostalgia carried a strongly negative signification: "intense homesickness" — "the depressing symptoms… that arise in persons when they are seized with a longing to return to their home…
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Before I forget, I would like to put on the record the most memorable student sentence that I received during my entire 50+ years of teaching literature: "After Gregor Samsa was transformed into a large insect, his lifestyle changed."