![]() ![]() “It may not have occurred to you kids that sex is more than a fifteen-minute trip to the backseat of a car. “Seats, team!” Coach considered teaching tenth-grade biology a side assignment to his job as varsity basketball coach, and we all knew it. “Not so loud.” She winked just as the bell rang, sending us both to our seats, which were side by side at our shared table.Ĭoach McConaughy grabbed the whistle swinging from a chain around his neck and blew it. “This class isn’t going to teach me anything I don’t already know.” Vee lowered her lashes and smiled wickedly. “Why, Vee,” I said, “I could’ve sworn you’ve been looking forward to this unit all semester.” ![]() And then we’d have this hour to do something productive-like receive one-on-one tutoring from cute upperclass guys.” Pictures of this in the eZine would be all the evidence I’d need to get the board of education to ax biology. Scribbled above their heads in thick pink chalk was the invitation:Īt my side Vee Sky said, “This is exactly why the school outlaws camera phones. They’d been forced to link arms and were naked except for artificial leaves placed in a few choice locations. ![]() Mysteriously adhered to the chalkboard was a Barbie doll, with Ken at her side. I WALKED INTO BIOLOGY AND MY JAW FELL OPEN. ![]()
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Soon after Odysseus and his crew managed to escape from the cannibal Laestrygones, they landed on the island of Aeaea. ![]() The Encounter with Circe: The Odyssey, Book 10 Ulysses at the Palace of Circe, by Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg, 1667, via the J Paul Getty Museum ![]() ![]() In 1970, Decca Records released Gayle’s first single, "I've Cried (The Blues Right Out of My Eyes)," a traditional country song written by Lynn that landed in the top 40 on the country chart. She also sang backup in her brother’s band and accompanied Lynn on tour, getting an early taste of the life of a professional touring musician. Gayle was a singer from a young age, and her love of music, and her sister’s success, inspired her to pick up a guitar and perform in high school. ![]() One of her sisters, already out of the house when Gayle was born, was future country music legend Loretta Lynn. Gayle was the youngest of eight children. Her family moved to Wabash, Indiana, when Gayle was four, and her father died just a few years later from cancer. Early YearsĬrystal Gayle, originally Brenda Gail Webb, was born in Paintsville, Kentucky, on January 9, 1951. That smash led to several others, and Grammy and CMA awards followed Gayle throughout the 1970s and 1980s. "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" would soon make Gayle a crossover superstar, hitting No. ![]() She released her first single in 1970 and landed her first No. Gayle's older sister is country legend Loretta Lynn, and following in her footsteps, Gayle set out at an early age to be a musician. Crystal Gayle was born in 1951 in Kentucky. ![]() ![]() When she sets her art aside and gaze down to the real world, she meets her tragic end and curse befall on her. There is a Lady who sings in a remote tower and wears a magic web that appears to represent the artistic isolation from the activity and bustle of life. The poem “The Lady of Shalott” is about the conflict between life and art. The charm of the poem is rooted in its elusiveness and mastery. The poem includes a reference to the Arthurian legend, and “Shalott” appears to be very close to “Astolat” in Malory’s work. However, the poem is similar to the story of the Maid of Astolat in Morte d’Arthur by Malory. Lord Alfred Tennyson claimed that he based the poem on an old Italian romance. The poem was revised and published in 1942. The poem “The Lady of Shalott was originally written in 1832 by Lord Alfred Tennyson. ![]() |