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Hype for the Future 188A: Carbondale and Edwardsville, Illinois
Overview The Cities of Carbondale and Edwardsville are home to the two (2) campuses of Southern Illinois University, whose primary mascot (in Carbondale) is the Saluki. Today, the City of Carbondale is located in Jackson County (where Murphysboro to the northwest serves as the county seat), while Edwardsville serves as the county seat of Madison County to the west. On the Southern Illinois University campus in Carbondale are also the University Museum and the Dorothy Morris Gardens, while […] -
Dog-sittting today, for friends.
They have a huge 17th century house with a large garden, in the centre of town. I sit in the garden, enjoying the sun and the friendly breeze and the whole space. Everything here is generous and graceful. I grew up thinking of myself as part of the educated upper middle class, destined to be safe and comfortable. Now I can barely pay my bills, and we can't afford summer holidays. #DownwardlyMobile, your name is Roamer. Part of being an academic in the UK, I accept it.
Today I sit in this beautiful vast garden, harvesting memories of past self-images. I have books with me; van der Waerden's Algebra I, the German edition, since you ask. Mathematics is best expressed in German, and best by writers to whom it is a second language. His German is up there with Thomas Mann or Goethe.
A day off. Quiet reflection. A supremely elegant Saluki by my side. A supremely elegant book in my hands.
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