17 February 2004

These are a few of my favourite things. . .

Okay, Oscar Hammerstein had Mary Martin and Julie Andrews singing about it, while Gideon Strauss simply likes to churn out endless lists of personal preferences. My own predilections should be obvious to anyone reading this blog. But all right. Here goes. Here's my own list of things I love, in no particular order:

1. Nancy, Theresa and family

2. composing music

3. versifying psalms and biblical canticles

4. long distance train travel

5. streetcars, urban rail transit

6. pocket watches

7. bow ties

8. Greek folk music and dances

9. Romanian folk music

10. long conversations with students

11. lengthening days

12. the reformational worldview

13. Cyprus

14. upper peninsula of Michigan

15. the ordinary of the mass

16. the Psalms

17. Byzantine art and civilization

18. Heidelberg Catechism

19. genealogy

20. Renaissance choral music

21. Ste. Chapelle (Paris)

22. icons

23. Russian history, art and civilization

24. my students

25. Dooyeweerd’s philosophy

26. Genevan Psalms

27. Anglican chant

28. Art Institute of Chicago

29. used book stores

30. Ravel’s G Major Piano Concerto

31. spending time with students

32. Niagara Escarpment

33. Halton County Radial Railway

34. Royal Botanical Gardens

35. Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)

36. grilled halloumi (Cypriot cheese)

37. the daily office

38. old maps

39. historical atlases

40. teaching political theory classes

41. sushi

42. kalamata olives

43. extra virgin olive oil (Greek, not Italian)

44. my former students

45. Prague, Czech Republic

46. anything written by Jim Skillen

47. foreign languages

48. Greek cuisine

49. Abraham Kuyper

50. Did I mention my students?

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