--My lab results show that almost all of my numbers are in a good range. It's my vitamin D that is a bit low, which is an easy fix. The results that make me most happy are my liver numbers, which had been drifting up. I have been very focused in the last year on reducing alcohol intake, and for the last 8 weeks, since Jan. 2, I have had no alcohol. And this blood work has my liver numbers back down, back in the healthy range. I am entering the time of life where it seems that no one is getting good medical news, so let me be happy while I can be.
--My Lutheran Confessions class continues to be great. I am so impressed with how my professor can talk about the Reformation for hours, making it interesting, apparently without much in the way of notes. There's a PowerPoint, but he's amazing at using the PowerPoint as it should be, as a scaffolding, not as a document to be read out loud in class.
--As I was talking about my professor's skills with my spouse, we reminded ourselves that we have specialties too. I could talk at great length about any number of poems or short stories, about several periods of literature, particularly British Literature of the Romantic and early Victorian period, and the Modernist time between the two world wars.
--I was sad about the passing of Jeff Galloway, who was a fierce advocate for less fierce running. He's most famous for advising runners to take walking breaks. He was also part of the group of runners in the 70's and 80's who went for Long, Slow Distance. These are ideas that shaped me, that I return to again and again, the idea of meeting your body where you are right now, and that less hard exercise can actually be better.
--I had an idea for my 102 class, which I'll post below. It took much less class time than I thought, but I decided I was O.K. with that. I'll also use the assignment as one of the possibilities for Revised Writing 3--the in-class experience can be useful in several ways, so I'm happy about that.
Making a Modern Case: The Characters from “Antigone”
In our current day, we have a variety of ways of getting information/viewpoints out to larger groups: a State of the Union address or other speeches, a news program interview, a Tik Tok video or other types of social media, a talk show, a podcast, a trial, a creative work (a song, a book, a television show).
In your small group, think about the characters in the play “Antigone” who have a point of view. If the play happened today, what would be the best way of making a case that each character was right and others were wrong.
Choose one character from the list below and choose one way of making a case for that character’s view. Create something that you will present to the class. We don’t have a lot of time, so it won’t be fully formed. You might decide to tell us what you would have created if you had time.
Antigone
Ismene (her sister)
King Creon
Haemon (Creon’s son and Antigone’s fiancé)
The people ruled by Creon
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