To make LiveJournal into a more flexible, even more creative tool… I would love to hear from those of you who have mastered the insertion of visual images into LiveJournal. We could all benefit from this. Maybe if you have some simple, clear ideas here you could put them into the LiveJournal Tricks and Traps…
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Start of the New Semester
Welcome all- back from weeks of indolence and ease! Just joking; I am sure you have all been working very hard either earning money or preparing for this semester. I am myself very much looking forward to this semester and to trying out some new teaching strategies….so be patient with me! I am working in…
My dog Molly
Mother and clutch of 3 children are doing fine thank you. All are blotched black and white with brown markings around the snout… none can see as yet but all are feeding with great gusto and excitement. Mother is doing fine, although she has made a bit of a mess on the livingroom carpet… and…
Lecture on Poetry and Mysticism
Today I gave a talk/ lecture on poetry and mysticism to the Theosophical Society (Kent Street, Sydney). I was as nervous as hell because I didn’t really know in advance exactly what I was going to say. Of course I had a heap of ideas but I never like giving lectures from a bunch of…
Sydney Writers’ Week 2005
Spent a fantastic Saturday at the Writers’ Week. What an expansion of horizons! Saw Australia’s Helen Garner interviewed by Novelist Roger MacDonald. A great conversation about how Garner’s writing, especially her non-fiction was a way of giving a voice to those people in our community who are not heard. Inspired me to read some of…
Sydney Writers' Week 2005
Spent a fantastic Saturday at the Writers’ Week. What an expansion of horizons! Saw Australia’s Helen Garner interviewed by Novelist Roger MacDonald. A great conversation about how Garner’s writing, especially her non-fiction was a way of giving a voice to those people in our community who are not heard. Inspired me to read some of…
Sydney Writers' Week 2005
Spent a fantastic Saturday at the Writers’ Week. What an expansion of horizons! Saw Australia’s Helen Garner interviewed by Novelist Roger MacDonald. A great conversation about how Garner’s writing, especially her non-fiction was a way of giving a voice to those people in our community who are not heard. Inspired me to read some of…
Early Morning to Work- Crossing the Iron-Cove Bridge by Train 6am
Dawnlight freshens the world anew Cool, orange glow over Olympic Park The river glows Early morning skiffs Oars suspended over the glaze Rest Taking in the morning’s Halo of blessings.
Third year Shakespeare performances
Thanks 3rd year for those inspired performances of the Holy Bard of Eng Lit! There were some wonderful innovations in your productions and a real discovery of the magic and versatility of Shakespeare’s flexible lingo… Power to Bottom and Falstaff! The one thing your collective efforts have convinced me of -again- is the value of…
Lear Continued
A few other memories of our discussion with the Director/ Actor Lear yesterday (David Ritche). He had this insight into the way the play reflected the much more structured hierarchy of Shakespeare’s times… how the play begins with all these formal exchanges in which people use the formal “you” as opposed to “thou” (have I…
King Lear at Bondi Pavilion Theatre
I took third year Shakespeare students to see King Lear at Bondi. Thank you Kelly for spotting the show AND for providing the parking: Go Kelly!! We had a relaxing 10 minutes in the Bondi Pub before the show… the beer was good… thank you Simone and Co.(too many important names to mention: Carl, Louwana,…
Thank you all for your LiveJournal entries… I have now finished marking the first batch and I must say (have said this somewhere else too) that overall I am not only impressed by what you are all doing with it, but feel that we have hit on a tool that has given us the space…
Captain Bree and Co
I took my daughter Helen to see Captain Bree in the Murray Hall this evening. What a knock out performance. So much energy and enthusiasm; I was thrilled to see so many of our trusted literature students (across all years) taking part, enjoying themselves so much and giving so much enjoyment. What a great way…
Wordsworth's Daffodils
daffodil Originally uploaded by MichaelGriffith. Have a look also at Dorothy Wordsworth’s descriptions of the walk she went on with her brother…. You will find it in her Journals (in Norton).
Wordsworth’s Daffodils
daffodil Originally uploaded by MichaelGriffith. Have a look also at Dorothy Wordsworth’s descriptions of the walk she went on with her brother…. You will find it in her Journals (in Norton).
Wordsworth's Daffodils
daffodil Originally uploaded by MichaelGriffith. Have a look also at Dorothy Wordsworth’s descriptions of the walk she went on with her brother…. You will find it in her Journals (in Norton).
Flickr
This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.
End of Week 3
Dawn breaks over the bush behind my house overlooking Kuring-gai Chase. A cloud bank on the horizon holds back the sun for another 20 minutes or so. The bush is filled with the sound of cavorting Wattle birds that any European would say sound like woodpeckers. In the distance families of kookaburras break into this…
End of week 2
Hello all! It is around 2am (I am in my insomniac mode!). With my 14 year old daughter we watched “Nicholas Nickelby” on DVD. This is a truly amazing film and I recommend it especially to my 19th Century students because it gives such a graphic depiction of the conditions of 19th Century England as…
Week Two
Hello all- I just found this interesting article about the Blogging craze in todays Herald. It is actually about LiveJournal and the recent take-over of this company. You will find this interesting reading at http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/24/1109180028938.html. I am amazed at how much good material is being put up by all of you. This seems to be…
First Week went smoothly
Hello all. I am quietly excited by how easily you have all taken to LiveJournal… like ducks to the water in fact (some slightly more nervously than others!). And already there is some creative stuff beginning to appear, both in the design of some pages and in the free-flowing content. I have enjoyed seeing you…
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Welcome to All
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS IN: “Intro to Lit ENGL103”, “Nineteenth ENGL200” & “Shakespeare ENGL200” Hello All: I am currently speaking to my students in “Introduction to Literature”, “Nineteenth Century Literature” and “The Age of Shakespeare”. I have great hopes for this on-line journal, both for you all and myself. It promises to provide a relaxed, informal…
Introduction to Literature ENGL103 I have just finished re-reading Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark”. What an amazing story about the way our thinking and our aspirations can lead us so far away from the obvious things in life. This is a story about the dangers of ambition, the dangers of believing in your own powers. The one…
Starting out
So this is where I plan to keep a regular running commentary on my responses to the reading I am doing in the three units I am teaching this semester: Introduction to Literature (ENGL103); Nineteenth Century Literature (ENGL200) and The Age of Shakespeare (ENGL210). I intend to structure the journal so that all my First…
Michael Griffith: Home Page- Literature and Life Summer 2023 