… Roman augurs … The word inauguration comes from Latin. An augur was a Roman priest who studied the flights of birds to predict the future in their patterns. The prefix in can mean no or not: immeasurable, incomplete, immoral. It can also mean a … Read More →
Monthly Archives: January 2013
In my words, January 14 – 20
… It’s Monday afternoon around two. My morning class is over. I’m home, but leave at five-thirty to teach again till eight. I’m interviewing students Tuesday and Thursday from two PM to seven. I usually have afternoons off. Monday and Wednesday with morning and evening … Read More →
Fucking
I am putting part V of Fucking on my blog today because it is Janis Joplin’s birthday and I wrote it for her. She would be 70. Her death affected me a lot; although she could shout and scream, she was also a flower that … Read More →
In my words, January 7 – 13
This morning things return to normal; break is over: time to teach. It’s early now; well not so early, a little after seven. I just woke Akram up with a cup of coffee, black with sugar, which he’s drinking leaning back into the pillows looking … Read More →
In my words, January 1 – 6
Over the holidays, a friend was using a new paring knife while making dinner and cut three of her fingers and a thumb. Merry Christmas. Once, when I was a cook, I almost sliced off the top of my left index finger right through the … Read More →