“I see,” said Feverstone. “In order to keep the place going as a learned society, all the best brains in it have to give up doing anything about learning.” CS Lewis, That Hideous Strength
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This moth (butterfly? I am never sure) is stretching her wings, clearly away that the semester is over and he can fly a little more freely again. For those few of you who regularly stop by I apologize for my silence. The end of the semester is busy for all […]
Gettysburg, a set on Flickr. Saturday we took our sophomore class of the Presidential Leadership Academy on a tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield. Two retired colonels gave lectures on the history of the three days of battle and leadership lessons to be learned. My take away: Lead the boss, but […]
“Steeples rising high”Originally uploaded by Targuman While walking in Muir Woods looking up at these redwoods I was reminded of Bob Bennett’s song Mountain Cathedral. I used to sing this to my daughter as she was drifting off to sleep when she was little. What had been a nice song […]
Fireworks, a set on Flickr. After our son’s soccer team won the PISA U8 winter league, we all went to the Pirates game at PNC Park. They beat the Phillies in Extra innings! And fireworks were launched over the Allegheny River.
Old Main in Spring, a set on Flickr. A beautiful day on campus today. I took my camera with me to meetings and my time getting from place to place.
I do promise that Targuman.org will return at some point to issues of biblical and rabbinic literature, religion, and academia. Writing coherent posts, however, takes a lot more time than I have had lately. Instead, I have been playing with iPhoto Mobile (for iOS devices) and Aperture as a way […]
Pittsburgh, a set on Flickr. Our son is playing in an indoor soccer league in Pittsburgh so we have been going out every other weekend. This past weekend we went up the Duquesne Incline.
Beautiful national monument (not park!): Muir Woods. The coastal redwoods are not as big as the sequoia but they are impressive nonetheless.