Tomorrow (well, actually, later today, looking at the clock!) is the last day of classes for summer semester at university. I will miss my Intro to Classical Lit course. It has been really stimulating, with great students in the class and a fantastic instructor, Dannu Hutwohl. And I love reading the ancient Greek and Roman texts, in translation. My favorites were the Iliad, by Homer, and the Aeneid, by Virgil. My least favorite was Plato. 😛
I haven’t decided yet what to take for fall semester. A couple of classes that look good to me and which are given at the right time of day (that is, without involving commuting during morning or afternoon rush hour) are London from 1500-1660: Urban Spaces and Popular Culture; and The History of Water. I was interested in Contemporary Greek Literature after hearing a lecture by its instructor yesterday during our Classical Lit class, but then I discovered that I’d have to fight the morning rush hour into the city to get to it, and it’s just not worth it. That rush hour commute takes all the fun out of life.
Ohio State University’s course catalog is not very user-friendly, at least not to me. I’m sure there are other courses I’d love to take, but finding them is nearly impossible unless you already know where to look. I long for the old-fashioned days of paper course catalogs that you could browse through. See how old I am?
Before fall semester begins in late August, I’ll be visiting a friend in D.C. for a few days. Hopefully I’ll remember to take my camera. 😛 Then I will have my surgery, from which I should be well-recovered by the time school starts.
At least, that’s the plan, which is a lot different from what I thought I’d be doing, which was going on a week-long Medieval camping trip with my friends, and 10,000 other SCA folks, at the Pennsic War. This is the second year that my health has foiled my Pennsic plans. No Pennsic for me this year, either… But I’ll get there yet, hopefully in 2019! At least I did get to go to the place where it is held and camp with about 500 other SCA folks in May, at Aethelmearc War Practice 2018. It was such fun!
Let Us Live Like We Mean It! 
Good morning Timi – the course about London in from 1500 sounds very interesting… Hope you enjoy your stay in DC – and once again I am reminded that none of is ever creative enough to know how things will actually turn out….it’s all about living each day as it comes. Also very hard to believe that autumn courses are now being scheduled. Stay well, and enjoy everything you do. Janet 🙂 x
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Thank you, Janet! Have a lovely, productive day. ❤
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Timi, so good to see your post pop up on my screen. You are so fortunate to have those resources of study nearby. Years ago I determined to be a “country boy” miles away from civilization. As a senior citizen, I now regret that. I look forward to hearing more of your summer plans. Namaste
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We’ll miss you at Pennsic. 😦 I’ll bring back stories for you. 🙂 Hoping your surgery goes well and you recover quickly! As to the courses, I would be all over that London class! (I’m with you on the old paper course catalogs. Heck, I miss the card catalogs at the library for the same reason-I would find the most interesting stuff just by browsing through the drawers of cards-things I never would have found with a computer keyword search.) Take care of yourself. Hugs.
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Thanks, Rosemarian!
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I am always glad to see one of your posts and hope your health continues to improve. Those classes sound good, especially the London one. I’m with you as far as paper catalogues go–and paperback books, and a lot of other things. It used to be a relationship between the reader and the author and the item itself, and now it seems to be that the reader is low person on the totempole…
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So much in this post has helped me to catch up a little in what you’e been doing since we last spoke, Timi (months ago!). Sorry to hear you’ve had to miss another year at the Penncic Festival. Knowing how you love those medieval events, I can imagine how disappointed you were. I hope you have a wonderful time visiting your friend and that the surgery straight after goes well. As for the choices for your September course, I think any of those three would be interesting. The one on urban spaces etc sounds intriguing – a sort of mix of social and environmental issues (or perhaps I’ve got that wrong?). The geographer in me would possibly go for that, but the historian side of me would pull me off to London and a period during which so much happens.
Well, August already and here in the UK, most schools finished just over a week ago, so it’s officially the ‘summer holidays’. Hope you are coping with the high temps we’ve been experiencing. Temps of well over 30C are totally draining!
Look after yourself, Timi.
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Thanks, Millie! I signed up for the 16th and 17th century London class today. The trip to DC didn’t go very well, for reasons I won’t go into here, so my sightseeing tour of the Nation’s Capitol (USA version) will have to wait for another time. I am thinking of going to another medieval event soon, if I can find someone else I know who is going, because it is not local (although not really that far away). Right now I’m just waiting to get the surgery over with and reading Wyvern. Had a bit of trouble there, because my Kindle died, but now I have it on my phone! Yay!
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I thought that might be the course you’d choose. It’s history, after all, although I know you have other interests, too. I’d probably have gone for that one. Although I’ve taught Tudors and Stuarts for years, I’ve never looked at the development of London itself during those two centuries – other than the ‘rebuild’ after the Great Fire of 1666. As for reading my book, I’m just grateful that you bought Wyvern, so no need to worry about reading it quickly, especially if you’re having problems with your Kindle. Mine is well over 4 years old – one of the first versions of Kindle Fire – and I’m expecting it to drop dead any moment. I couldn’t read on my phone for long. It’s far too small and just bugs me. Lol. Sorry your DC trip came to nothing. It’s funny but, despite having a son living in London, I hardly know our capital city either, other than the usual tourist spots like the Tower and the Natural History Museum. We need at least a week down there to see a little more of the place. Very best wishes for your coming surgery, Timi. I’ll be thinking of you.
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Thank you, Millie! ❤
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