Monthly Archives: May 2018

The Hypnotic Jungle Rhythms of a Place that Some call … Finland?

Posted on May 30, 2018 by profmondo

So tonight, as I was reading The Complete Compleat Enchanter (Pratt and Sprague de Camp’s novellas Set in varied mythic landscapes), I found that the evening’s story Was set in the Kalevala —  That’s the epic poem of Finland, Just in … Continue reading →

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Well, I Am from Hermit-age

Posted on May 29, 2018 by profmondo

Back before the blog, I discovered a band called The Red Button. I reviewed their second album for an online magazine in 2011, but while I liked it, I thought the first album was amazing. It was in heavy rotation … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day, 2018

Posted on May 28, 2018 by profmondo

Once again, we remember. For Sgt. James Michial Moore, USA, KIA, Vietnam, and those before and after. Archibald MacLeish was an ambulance driver and artilleryman in World War I, and his brother, a naval aviator, was killed in 1918. This poem appeared … Continue reading →

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Poetry Corner Redux

Posted on May 27, 2018 by profmondo

As I mentioned in my previous entry, a poem my dad wrote was published in an anthology of high school poems in 1962, Dad’s senior year at Hume-Fogg in Nashville. But as I looked at my shelves, I realized that … Continue reading →

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Long Weekend Potpourri

Posted on May 27, 2018 by profmondo

My break is almost done — the Summer term begins on Tuesday, and will run until nearly the end of June. As a bonus, I appear to have acquired a cough, which will no doubt enhance my lecturing skills to … Continue reading →

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In Which the Prof (Among Others) Receives an Unexpected Compliment

Posted on May 25, 2018 by profmondo

I woke up this morning (Ba DAH dah dah DUM), and as I tend to do after clearing the cobwebs from my head, I checked my e-mail. In the midst of the usual stuff, there was a note from the … Continue reading →

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The Power of Art?

Posted on May 22, 2018 by profmondo

I just learned that artist Robert Indiana has died. He was 89, and although he had a lengthy career, he is most associated with his mid-60s work Love: The work has been reproduced in both two- and three-dimensional forms (including on … Continue reading →

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In Which a Grocery Run Turns Old Testament

Posted on May 21, 2018 by profmondo

I was picking a couple of things up this morning at the non-Wal-Mart supermarket — I tend to split my business anyway, and things are frequently quicker at Food Lion — and as I was headed to pick up some … Continue reading →

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In Which the Prof Serves as a Gentleman, a Scholar, and a Dork

Posted on May 19, 2018 by profmondo

(Not necessarily in that order.) I spent yesterday in Real City, doing a variety of things, culminating in a visit to the Berries’ former haunt of Art Bar to see contemporary garage faves the Woggles. But I’ll get to that … Continue reading →

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Stage Movements

Posted on May 17, 2018 by profmondo

“I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world[.]” — Richard II, from the play of that name, Act V, scene 5. *** A couple of evenings ago, I received an automatically generated … Continue reading →

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