Posted in humorous, summer, year 1, tagged job-hunting, the absurd on Thursday 31 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I promise I have SEVERAL updates waiting in the wings to be transliterated from paper to screen, but for now I feel compelled to share a couple choice ads from the “Jobs” section of the Craigslist Rome:
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Cercasi Musa (internet)
(translation: Seeking Muse)
why not help a poet while helping society as well? do your part for
the arts [...]
Posted in regular, summer, year 1, tagged goodbyes, students on Thursday 24 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight was my last lesson with two of my students. It’s sad saying goodbye to all these great students who probably would continue with me next year if I were staying.
But I will find good students everywhere…including Rome.
Posted in regular, summer, year 1, tagged food, friends, goodbyes on Sunday 20 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been an exhausting couple of days lately–also a filling couple of days, for some reason I found myself repeatedly in restaurants eating far too much food.
Julia’s leaving was pretty devastating, as you can read below, but I was distracted from brooding over it by being nervous about going to dinner with Riccardo that evening [...]
Posted in photographic, reflective, summer, year 1, tagged friends, goodbyes, roommates on Wednesday 16 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So Julia leaves today.
All the good-bye festivities were lovely–she and Natalie and I had dinner at an excellent restaurant where they stuff you with food until you’re sick. Then last night Giulio had an goodbye party for her at his house that was meant to recreate the first evening we met them. He [...]
Posted in regular, summer, year 1, tagged Dad, Ferrara, friends, graduation, summer on Monday 7 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From: charlesamurray@comcast.net
Subject: not a whole lot of blogging recently.
Date: July 2, 2008
To: anna.cox.murray@gmail.com
Yours,
Disgruntled
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With that kind of fatherly encouragement, I thought I’d include an update or two…
PAST
- Natalie has arrived! She arrived in one piece last Wednesday, and has already taught her first lesson, to her relief. And she already [...]
