The last eight weeks have been a non-stop early-morning roller-coaster of teaching English to unruly German and Spanish teenagers. I am tired. I am out of touch with everyone who I sincerely care about in my life. One more week of teaching, and my previous life of unemployment will start again. A blessing and a [...]
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barely there
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged language, philosophy on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
creative aspect, special circumstances
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animals, language, philosophy on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This month I am reading about linguistics, to remind myself about the foundational legos of human communication. One book is by (of course) Wendell Berry, called “Standing by Words,” in which Berry argues that the degeneration in the clarity and meaning of words is symptomatic of the disconnection of individuals from their communities and the [...]
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