"Unfortunate Location," Louis Jenkins

"Unfortunate Location"

In the front yard there are three big white pines, older
than anything in the neighborhood except the stones.
Magnificent trees that toss their heads in the wind
like the spirited black horses of a troika. It's hard to
know what to do, tall dark trees on the south side of
the house, an unfortunate location, blocking the
winter sun. Dark and damp. Moss grows on the roof,
the porch timbers rot and surely the roots have
reached the old bluestone foundation. At night, in
the wind, a tree could stumble and fall killing us in
our beds. The needles fall year after year making an
acid soil where no grass grows. We rake the fallen
debris, nothing to be done, we stand around with
sticks in our hands. Wonderful trees.

--Louis Jenkins

Our next two days are designed for revision conferences.  I plan to spend time with every one of you going over at least one of your submissions from this first quarter. 

Your submissions portfolio is due, printed, at the beginning of class on Thursday.  When compiling yours, please follow the model I placed on the class notes page, here.

Your only other responsibility between now and Thursday is to name two blogs from your class that you think have the most interesting reading logs of the quarter.  Who read the most interesting or challenging stuff?  Who responded to it in the most thoughtful way?  Pick two from your class and name them in a response to this post (please designate your class, "ETY1," e.g.) before the end of class Thursday.