Category Archives: time

1,199,232,000 seconds have passed

Posted on December 26, 2015 by jyourist

Christmas Day full moon. An impressive photo that JB took last night just after we finished dinner. 38 years ago was the last time there was a full moon on Christmas. 13,880 days have passed since that date. 1,199,232,000 seconds … Continue reading →

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“And Now it’s October” by Barbara Crooker

Posted on October 14, 2015 by jyourist

the golden hour of the clock of the year. Everything that can run to fruit has already done so: round apples, oval plums, bottom-heavy pears, black walnuts and hickory nuts annealed in their shells, the woodchuck with his overcoat of … Continue reading →

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Thyme takes time

Posted on July 30, 2015 by jyourist

We have an herb garden and periodically through the summer and fall I will pick herbs and dry them, by hanging them on the wall that leads to our basement. It’s cool there and mostly dark. Once the herbs are … Continue reading →

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“Alas, Time stays, — we go!”

Posted on July 10, 2015 by jyourist

A friend of mine is teaching a summer school class about the city of Chicago and is out of town for a couple of days, so I am subbing for her. The class is small and the students are 6th … Continue reading →

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World peace is declared

Posted on January 22, 2015 by jyourist

Each year before we start our unit on Reconstruction, I have the students do a timeline of their lives, intersecting it with global events. I share a portion of my own timeline with them and point out that around my middle … Continue reading →

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Internet down

Posted on January 14, 2015 by jyourist

Since Sunday, our internet has been down. It’s not the first time that we have had trouble with Comcast and have finally decided to change providers. Our new provider, AT&T Uverse, will not be activated until Friday. Indeed we all know about … Continue reading →

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JB as the “Bricklayer’s Mate” via August Sander, 1928…

Posted on December 26, 2014 by jyourist

…while one of three farmers stares at me.

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“Names” by Danusha Laméris

Posted on October 1, 2014 by jyourist

What happens to the ones that fall out of favor: the Dorises and Archibalds, the Theodores and Eunices? They all had their day, once roamed the earth in multitudes alongside Gerties and Wyatts— at least one in every classroom. Names … Continue reading →

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“Variations on the Moment of Apprehending the Extent of One’s Responsibilities” by Craig Morgan Teicher

Posted on July 9, 2014 by jyourist

Variations on the Moment of Apprehending the Extent of One’s Responsibilities 1 that minute subdivision of time during which the full consequence flickers, just before the door clicks shut but just after you could have stopped it from shutting, when … Continue reading →

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“Theories of Time and Space” by Natasha Trethewey

Posted on July 2, 2014 by jyourist

You can get there from here, though there’s no going home. xxxxx Everywhere you go will be somewhere you’ve never been. Try this: xxxx head south on Mississippi 49, one- by-one mile markers ticking off xxxx another minute of your … Continue reading →

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