January 14, 2014

First day of class passes with the conviction that whatever else my students are this semester, they are sweet and eager. I got a round of applause after the Tolkien seminar. In dreams I was writing a short story, very consciously, if consciousness applies. I think I could finish it this morning if I could just recall what it was about. Steve wants me to sing a song written by Nathan which changes key on every measure. The text is the Boy Scout pledge. The effect is, I suppose, satiric.