John Gatta’s “Spirits of Place” is helping me understand why I have chosen to retire in my home town. Wordsworth, Stowe, Homer, and Frost help out as well.
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Returning to the Misty Past
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Retirement Changes How Time Feels
Terry Pratchett examines how we handle time in “Thief of Time.”
Retiring to the Garden of Eden
Stepping out of our U-Haul truck and into my mother’s wood, I felt I had entered Milton’s Garden of Eden.
Tearful at Prospero’s Farewell
Prospero’s final speech unexpectedly moved me to tears as I read it aloud recently to my British Fantasy class.
Personal News: A 2018 Retirement
In June 2018, after 38 years of teaching college, I will retire. I don’t want to go out like Walter Savage Landor’s old man–“the fire is low
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