Ruskin's Grave 2

May 5th 2007
I had never heard of John Ruskin until today, and I’m convinced that was a huge oversight in my literary education. I loved what we read of his writing, and his life was equally amazing. We took a coach from Grasmere over to Conniston, where Ruskin spent the last 30 years or so of his life. We met with Mike Humphries, the curator of the Ruskin Museum and coincidentally also the president of th ... read more

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Liz Muir

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At the age of three, Liz moved to the house just outside of Salt Lake City where she spent the next fifteen years of her life. As the age of five, she decided that her life goal was to know everything. Despite being confronted many times with the fact that this goal is not precisely realistic, she hasn't stopped trying to obtain a generalist education in a specialist world. As a result, Liz is currently a student at BYU, studying Chemistry and English, and in her spare time enjoys watching PBS (especially Nova), knitting things that might by some definition be sweaters, and inventing bizarr... full info

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