Author Archives: fustianist

Tomorrow we start the great migration to Oxford.  We have packed four heavy suitcases, will ship three heavy boxes, and are carrying overstuffed bags onto the plane.  Hey, you try fitting several days’ worth of diapers into a carry-on! We’ll … Continue reading →

I’m trying to race through a couple more scholarly books and articles, taking notes on my computer, just so I don’t have to take them along with me.  Among other things, I’ve been reading through Faulkner’s speeches, letters, and his … Continue reading →

Saturday morning Mom took Katherine and me to a local play center, filled with activities and exhibits for kids of all ages.  We know Katherine’s a bit small to enjoy most of the fun things, but we thought it would … Continue reading →

Sydney leaves tomorrow morning for a conference in Toronto, where he’ll be giving a paper in front of a lot of other medievalists.  I’ll be here in Iowa, sorting through our things and slowly getting them in suitcases.  Sydney gets … Continue reading →

Sydney pulled into the driveway early yesterday afternoon with our carload of stuff.  It is really wonderful to have him back again.  On his way from Nova Scotia he stopped in Ithaca and attended a conference at Notre Dame, so … Continue reading →

Katherine and I are currently in Iowa, where we flew in to spend the next two weeks with my parents.  Sydney is in the middle of his long, long drive from Nova Scotia, and should be here by the weekend, … Continue reading →

“The Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, reported last year that more than a third of normal-weight women and more than half of overweight and obese women gain more weight than is recommended during … Continue reading →

I recently really messed up.  I put down “September 30th” as the date of our arrival in England, so that’s the start date that the UK border agency gave us for our visas.  The problem is, we had bought plane … Continue reading →

I’m working my way through Faulkner’s letters, and you get the occasional gem.  In a an August, 1961 letter to his editor, “Hot as hell here, as usual.  Now it’s 64 years I have said I’ll never spend another summer … Continue reading →

As the daughter of a Southerner, and one who was instructed to use “ma’am” as a term of respect, I was chagrined to read this NYTimes piece, in which a “completely unscientific poll” supported the anecdotal evidence of the article … Continue reading →