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
5/9: just to say hello
When I got into my office after my students' Latin exam today, the red light on my phone was blinking, signalling a voice-mail message. I immediately got nervous. Was it bad news from Chris & Wilkie's trip to the vet this morning? Or was it a student with some trouble finishing up a class? It's not a fun time of year for surprises; most unexpected things at this time of year end up being unpleasant. But when I went into the voice-mail system to hear the message, it was not an unpleasant surprise at all: it was a dear friend who was just calling to say hello so that I would have a sweet message waiting for me at work.
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