G&D's Anyone?

The Lewis Brothers' Common Room

So I am apparently not great at this whole blogging thing. I just get so caught up in everything else that I have to do and put this off. I know I said more on Spain was coming up, and it still is. Just not yet.

Today we had a sort of roommate night, which was a lot of fun. I had never met JoAnna or Erin before coming to Oxford, and we really have a ton of fun together. We just walked around the town, enjoying the brisk air. Our wanderings took us to G&D's, a delightful ice cream shop here in town. I had a brownie sundae that was absolutely delicious. Imagine a huge brownie with chocolate chunks topped with a scoop of ice cream, whipped cream, sprinkles and hot fudge sauce. Ah, so yummy.

Yesterday our class went out to the Kilns and C.S. Lewis' grave. It was a lot of fun and a great experience. His grave was very interesting and in its way so different from Tolkien's grave. While Tolkien's grave had been adorned with flowers, action figures, poems and t-shirts, the grave of Lewis was simple and unassuming. The Kilns is the house in which Lewis lived for three decades and later died. Behind the house is a lovely woodland walk complete with a pond and horses. It's a sort of mini-Narnia. One of the great things about Oxford is this chance that we are given to experience that which great people of our world have experienced. I see first-hand the places that inspired these literary giants and find myself inspired.

Outside the Kilns

I, once again, have a lot on my plate right now. I'm not sure that things are ever going to actually lighten up. On Friday the entire group will head to London. I have a colloquium paper to finish by Monday. Those are the two big things on my agenda right now.

C.S. Lewis' Gravestone