tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post8534912760301734293..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Oh, Heart, Here Is Your Healing'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-17862555416228007552012-08-02T18:28:00.054-05:002012-08-02T18:28:00.054-05:00This entry recalled to a friend, who is an art his...This entry recalled to a friend, who is an art historian, Durer's watercolor "The Great Piece of Turf" (1503). The plants that Durer painted are cock's-foot, creeping bent, smooth meadow-grass, daisy, dandelion, germander speedwell, greater plantain, hound's tongue and yarrow. These are not those of Janet Lewis's "Meadow Turf," which is a record of the growths that might be found in a Northern Michigan meadow. However, in both pieces of turf the plants might be found "lacing their roots, lacing / The life of the meadow into a deep embrace."Helen Pinkertonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-84452709337088336062012-07-30T10:53:18.952-05:002012-07-30T10:53:18.952-05:00When I entered seventh grade a lifetime ago in 195...When I entered seventh grade a lifetime ago in 1959, there were no summer readings assigned, no students formally identified as gifted readers. I was not a serious reader, but would regularly buy the Classic Illustrated Comics versions of great novels, along the other comic books and a pack of baseball cards that included a 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 slab of bubble gum. <br /><br /><br />TJGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com