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
5/21: connecting with a colleague & friend
The summer before I first started teaching here (9 years ago), I met another Classicist who teaches at a small college in the South, and over the years we've maintained the friendship. But sometimes we go for quite some time without connecting. For instance, we played phone tag for 2 weeks last winter before giving up on finding a mutually convenient time to talk. Now that school is out, we both have more flexibility, and he called me this morning for a good chat. It was really wonderful to catch up with him; we picked up the thread as if months hadn't passed since our last contact.
an afternoon snooze on my glider swing in the backyard
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