Dr. Hurley

Upon his chair sits the professor,

The venerable Dr. Hurley.

Looking around at his class,

Turning, slow but surely.

In one hand he holds a book

From which he reads aloud,

And the coffee in his other

On his glasses forms a cloud.

Both the book and the coffee

He brings up to his lips,

And the rich texture of them both

He drinks with easy sips.

How I wish that I could drink

The text as Hurley does,

And enjoy my coffee in his way

With easy sips because

I suppose that all things

Are better, taken slow but surely.

And so no one has it better

Than the venerable Dr. Hurley.

Scripture Reading

I have been asked to read a passage of scripture for the Baccalaureate service for the class of 2012 at Albion. Does anyone have any suggestions for the passage?

Readings in April

Read:
The James Herriot Books
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
The Lord of the Flies William Golding
Bed Riddance Ogden Nash
Beloved Toni Morrison

Reading:
Silas Marner George Eliot

For A Good Teacher

"What thanks sufficient, or what recompence
Equal, have I to render thee, divine
Historian, who thus largely hast allayed
The thirst I had of knowledge, and vouchsafed
This friendly condescension to relate
Things, else by me unsearchable; now heard
With wonder, but delight, and, as is due,
With glory attributed to the high
Creator!"

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

Tea Time

For those of you who have not stopped in the charming little bookstore in Batavia lately, I would highly recommend that you do so. While the selection is limited to what a supplier sends to our cousin, the old-fashioned building is wonderfully complemented with candles, quilts, tea, and wood floors that you would not be able to find at Barnes and Noble. On Saturday Martha and I went to Present Tense while in Batavia and bought:
Evangeline and other Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Journal of Helene Berr
(As always, I had to go to the bathroom as soon as I began my search and couldn't find a restroom anywhere.)
I also saw three Redwall titles that I did not recognize. The old bard Brian Jacques passed away sometime last year, so we should honor him by reading the last of his excellent stories.
Another quiant little shoppe that everyone should visit is Another Time, Another Place in Millville. Although there are no books to peruse in the old church, they do serve lunch and tea and they have typewriters for sale upstairs, an immediate bonus to any store. I haven't been to Another Time, Another Place since last summer with Nicole, but we have been waiting eargerly to return ever since. If anyone would want to bike from the house with us, we'd enjoy the company.
  

The Parting Glass

"Of all the money e'er I had,
I spent it in good company.
And all the harm I've ever done,
Alas! it was to none but me.
And all I've done for want of wit
To mem'ry now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all.

Oh, all the comrades e'er I had,
They're sorry for my going away,
And all the sweethearts e'er I had,
They'd wish me one more day to stay,
But since it falls unto my lot,
That I should rise and you should not,
I gently rise and softly call,
Good night and joy be with you all.

If I had money enough to spend,
And leisure time to sit awhile,
There is a fair maid in this town,
That sorely has my heart beguiled.
Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips,
I own she has my heart in thrall,
Then fill to me the parting glass,
Good night and joy be with you all."

The Parrott Family

The Parrott Family