I
have not posted on this 10th Anniversary year of this blog
lately. But Michaelmas, the Feast
of Michael and All Angels, today brings back memories of times in Oxford and
Cambridge as it has before. For
Michaelmas marks the beginning of the academic years of those two great
universities (Hence, both name their Autumn terms “Michaelmas term”.), and I’ve
shared in the excitement of that in 2007 and 2011.
2007
was particularly auspicious as I spent Michaelmas weekend in Cambridge when the
University was just starting the academic year. (Cambridge starts a week
earlier than Oxford, where I was studying.) It was excellent attending services at King’s College and a
Michaelmas service at Little St. Mary’s. The whole weekend recharged my batteries and restored my joy before returning and diving into the taxing work of Oxford’s Michaelmas Term.
Michaelmas
still prompts me to dream of England, particularly Oxford, as I indeed
literally did again last night.
I
suspect I will be in Cambridge and Oxford with anticipation again one
Michaelmas.
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