Students grabbed Walcott’s representation of a seasonal storm:
all the village could do was listen to the gods in session,
playing any instruments that came into their craniums,
the harp-sighing ripple of a hither-and-zithering sea,
the knucklebone pebbles, the abrupt Shango drums
made Neptune-rock in the caves. Fete start!
March 24, 2010– A night of music!
After a full day of classes, we were all excited to finally sit down and have dinner together. Two marine ecology classes got the chance to take trips to Tunnel Rock for scuba diving, art class began making their land sculptures around campus, Continue reading
Caciques: Lucy Triedman and Kitch Wakeman
Today began with our first run/swim tracks! We split up into two groups depending on our choice for this semesters exercise. The runners went out on a 3.41 mile loop. Meanwhile, the swimmers embarked on a current cut swim. Exhausted, everyone enjoyed Continue reading
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We woke up feeling refreshed from a homestay weekend full of much-wanted sleeping in and delicious Bahamian food. We started the day with relaxing yoga or an intense “psycho” workout. A visiting program decided to join in on the psycho workout Continue reading
So I composed some of my thoughts today for an article my college is writing about David Philipp and me. (We’re both Lafayette College alum and are now the Chief Scientist (and SP’10 parent) and Research Coordinator for the CEI/IS programs, respectively.) I was rolling Continue reading
Homestay Weekend!
Friday! Max and I were caciques for the whole weekend! We woke up at 6:15 on Friday morning, rolled out of bed and collectively (North dorm) woke up South by cheering loudly for them because it was their day to do the timed run swim. Not everyone Continue reading
Chapter VI, p.37: Helen, at a stall selling T-shirts from racks.
“and just as a pantheress stops swinging its tail
to lightly leap into grass, she yawned and entered
a thicket of palm-printed cloth, while I stood there…”
So I just wanted to share with you a little tidbit that I shared with the students the other day at dinner circle. It starts with what should be a simple question:
Who can tell me why we call spring, “spring”? Anyone?
I certainly didn’t know the answer until Continue reading
For those of you out there wondering what a run-swim is, I put together a few images to help you imagine it. Essentially, a run-swim is the quintessential Island School exercise. We just start running in a straight line, and as the land transitions to Continue reading