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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

UD's First Day of the Spring Semester

I gave a lecture on the amazing literary
achievement of the Irish in the twentieth century.

Then I took my Ellmann book on Yeats
and went to Teaism for lunch.



















(Note Ellmann book in foreground.)

It was a pleasantly overcast day,
and Teaism was dark and cozy.
Here's the Yeats book again, next
to my chai.



















When I got home to Garrett Park,
I stopped to photograph the town
maintenance man sawing through
the tree that fell on the train tracks
near my house. It happened during a
big wind storm the other night.



















Whew! There. If Ann Althouse
can do it, so can I.
Posted at: 1/17/2006 07:54:00 PM