Athens (a poem)
Sorbonne
I’ve been accepted to Sorbonne University, Paris IV, for an MA in French Literature. Very excited.
This is propelling me to study 5-6 pages of Flaubert a day. The accumulation in vocabulary is making a difference already, and reading Flaubert is distinctly pleasurable for me, even compared to reading Camus. And Bergson fulfills the side of me that enjoys neuroatypical rhythms and volumes of language…
The Meadow
My student Eileen wrote this story last year when she was in sixth grade. It went up on “Stone Soup” today. I’d mentioned that just after she wrote this, I was in London and saw a fox from my balcony. Prophecy! Here’s an excerpt – please read all of it at https://stonesoup.com.
