Monthly Archives: February 2008

Icefishing: It’s really true

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Steven Dalager

It’s true. In the winter time, Minnesotans drive out onto lakes, drill holes in the ice, huddle in little houses for hours, and wait. I spent all day last Saturday with my brothers, Dave and Nate, on Upper Red Lake, … Continue reading →

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The Sun Also Rises

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Steven Dalager

Reading along with my daughter and her AP English class, I picked up another that I have missed.  Twenty six years ago as a high school senior, I read For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms and … Continue reading →

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Boomerang at 44

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Steven Dalager

Four days ago – a week after my 44th birthday – I moved back in with my parents.  The basement’s cold, and Mom’s cooking experients are as interesting as ever, but all in all, it’s pretty decent. It’s not really … Continue reading →

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To a mouse (with whom I battled last night and then again this morning)

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Steven Dalager

  Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie, O, what panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi’ bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee, Wi’ murd’ring pattle! –from “To a Mouse”? Robert Burns … Continue reading →

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Sabbatical Notes From Underground: Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Steven Dalager

I first read Paulo Freire 17 years ago in graduate school. What I remember was that Pedagogy was challenging and difficult to apply to an American context, but it also transformed how I saw my relationship to students and clarified … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Engl 1106, Sabbatical | 3 Comments