Unfortunately, there's competition with the shower: a lecture and reading on campus by Scott Cairns (flyer attached). He's a prof. of creative writing, a poet, and a convert to the Greek Orthodox church. Lots of religious themes in his writing. He's also just written a book on his pilgrimages to Mt. Athos, the monastic center in Greece, in search of a deeper life of prayer. "Prayer and the Poetic" Thursday, Sept. 20, 7:30 ART 1.102 Parking in garage north of ART, or free at LBJ Library (a bit of a hike) Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Friesen Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies Dept. of Classics, 1 Univ. Sta. C3400 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 W: (512) 471-8629 F: (512) 471-4111 H: (512) 482-0822 https://webspace.utexas.edu/~sjf365/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If clear sight were not so painful, many more would elect to have it. --Mark Danner http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/01/1599/