Legend has it that King Arthur sought out the famous sword on a small island inhabited by the Lady of the Lake. It was the first think I thought of when I saw this view of Mary’s Lake in Glacier National Park. If you look closely, you might see the hilt of a sword….
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In search of Excalibur
Posted in Uncategorized on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Should I or shouldn’t I…
Posted in Uncategorized on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a prolonged absence from this blog, I tripped back in and found that I was still getting hits here. When last we met, I was a student. Now, after working in the private sector for 25 years, I am an English/Literature/Drama teacher in a middle school. It is by far the toughest job I have [...]
The stuff that dreams are made of…
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well the ol’ Blog class is winding down. Found this in a collection from Naples FL back in 2004. Seemed appropriate for the end of a great class!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hard to believe that the term is going by so fast! Found this sign in an Oregon state park last spring. Made me wonder just how often these signs are needed! Anyway, it seemed vaguely appropriate for those of us embroiled in research papers, mid-terms, and for those first blockers, FINALS! Good luck everybody!
What will they think of next?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
OK…
This was what graced the London skyline when I was there in ‘03. I am not an architect and Lord knows my taste in just about anything is not like anybody else, but this just looks weird! It’s like a giant bird layed an egg in the middle of London. One might even think [...]
Embrace the chance
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Rosetta Stone was one of the highlights of my trip to the British National Museum. What were the odds against this amazing stone ever seeing the light of day? This simple stone depicting one of the Ptolomaic Decrees in Egyptian hyroglyphs and Greek opened up the entire Egyptian language to modern man. If we had such a chance to [...]
Lessons learned
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a small piece of the Trinity Tree in Dingle County, Ireland . Located just outside St. Mary’s Church, this dead sycamore takes on a new life as art. The artist, Juan Carlos Lizana Correno is more known for his totems and it shows here, What a gift to be able to see beneath [...]
Some things just need to be said.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OK. This one is not one of mine, but since I didn’t have one that said what I wanted to say — I appropriated this one. Torina, one of our classmates, got to do this for real yesterday. Her husband came home after a tour in Iraq. For what he and his comrades have done for [...]
Whose been sleeping in my bed?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bears, photography on February 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A comment from Jill made me remember this photo from a couple of years ago. I don’t know about the rest of you erstwhile student types out there. But the answer to the question is . . . not me! I guess the old addage of you can sleep when you are dead applies here. [...]
Gone but still…
Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was wandering through an Okmugee graveyard where I found these stones. Not stones really, they were made from some sort of metal. The names were as sharp as the day they were cast over one hundred years ago. It was the statement on the fallen one that caught my eye. Gone but still…
It’s a [...]
