Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
5/1: ostraka!
In my Greek class this semester we talked about the ancient Athenian practice of ostracism, and I showed my students a picture of some pottery shards from an ostracism vote which had Themistocles' name scratched onto them. Today at the final exam some of the students presented me with pottery shards they had made with my name inscribed on them in Greek letters! Who would have thought it would be such a sweet joke to be ostracized?
a long conversation with my daughter in the wee hrs. of the morning, hearing her struggle and her growth and feeling so blessed to be in relationship with such a remarkably honest compassionate and earnest young woman
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