Way back in 2005-2006 I taught a literature class to the most amazing group of home-educated students in southern Indiana. In all of our cleaning out and packing this week I found several stories and poems they wrote. From time to time KJ helped me with my lesson planning, and I just found this gem I wanted to remember written by my gem of a husband.
Allusions
In the course of human events it becomes necessary to write a paragraph about allusions. A person must have the skill of Odysseus even to begin such a labor. Even with a good start, I still feel like Sisyphus, but I intend to fight the good fight and finish this paragraph. I only wish I had some kind of pillar and fire to guide me in this exercise. By this point you are probably wanting me to drink the hemlock and stop, but I will go on though France and such another neighbor stand in my way. Although this exercise may seem like opening Pandora's box to some of you, I hope it casts light on the brave new world of allusions for others. For me it has been the best of times and the worst of times.
He's so literary.
So much talent in that man of yours. A gem, indeed.
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