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I judge a university by its trees
Posted on April 20, 2023 Leave a Comment
20 April 2023 I judge a university by its trees,for trees are metaphorsfor the intellectual life. Trees need space to growboth above ground and below.And under the footsteps of passers byno one sees how they struggleand stretch blindly in the darkness. Trees do not grow quickly,but each day there is change —movement and growth, however […]
The quiet parts of academia
Posted on March 27, 2023 Leave a Comment
I like the quiet parts of academia.Quiet offices and libraries.Staring out windows, the noise outside dulled by a windowpane.Quiet reading and thinking. (Sometimes thoughts are noisy, though.)Quiet writing, except for the clanking of keys, of course, but even that is punctuated by pauses.The quiet parts are my favorite. They’re much different from inboxes, which are […]
Oliver S. Crocco 