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Good Book 1 call
Folks, I enjoyed tonight’s call on Herodotus Book 1. Special thanks to Shawn, Laurel and Oliver for kicking off our discussion on each of the three main questions! Our next call is one month away – Monday, March 5 – we’ll send out reminders well i… Continue reading
How’s Book 1 going?
Folks, Just checking in to see how it’s going with Book 1. Do you have any questions? Any favorite stories? Best, Phil Continue reading
Invitation to Athens-Sparta Exhibit
Folks, For anyone who lives in the NYC area, I’d like to invite you to join my other reading group in our trip to the Athens-Sparta Exhbit. Take a look and let me know. Here’s a link to the press release on the Onassis Cultural Center website:http… Continue reading
Introductory call for Herodotus (books, etc.)
Folks, I look forward to reading Herodotus with you. Our first call is: Monday, January 22 8pm new york time 1-800-615-2900 / 11758 Our assignment for this first call is the following: Read these pages from “How to Read a Book” 36 – “What is the r… Continue reading
Hedy Williamson (RO2)
I was born and live in Laguna Beach California. I received a BFA from UC Santa Cruz with a specialization in printmaking . I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica where I taught art and worked with young craft workers. After Peace Corps I remaine… Continue reading
Shawn Budde (RO2)
As the Vice President of Enterprise Customer Management, Shawn Budde is responsible for creating a strong and enduring customer culture within the organization and for building the infrastructure to support a consistent customer experience across … Continue reading
Question about the dinner with Bob Strassler
Hello Rob, Nancy, Kendall, Pat and Andre. It is great that you got to spend an evening with Bob Strassler. I am wondering how the question/answer part of the evening went. In particular, was Bob able to answer any of the groups questions (see belo… Continue reading
Reading Odyssey first annual meeting
Folks, We are just a day away from our first annual Reading Odyssey get together. Whether you’ll be there in person or in spirit – what questions do you have for Bob Strassler, editor of our Thucydides edition? And, if you aren’t going to be there… Continue reading
Why do we like to go to war?
Rob et al, In last night’s call, I said that the decision to go to war with Sicily reminded me of the atmosphere in the U.S. when we decided to go to war with Iraq. Rob chided me (politely, of course 😉 reminding me that the world of Athens is ve… Continue reading
great call, thank YOU
Folks, Our new framework – where we have different members of the group tee up the conversation on three topics from our reading – seemed to work well tonight. Thanks again to Eric, Rob and Frank for leading our conversations on the treaties in Bo… Continue reading