Barbara Talmadge
Introvert. English/Scottish/Irish heritage.Retired university administrator--Registrar. Have a baccalaureate degree in Teaching of English and a master's degree in English Language and Literature.
Location Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
The is THE BEST literature MOOC I have done...and I've done many. Thank you for an enlightening course! I particularly have enjoyed the reading techniques and research approaches. I previously had read all of the texts (except Udolpho) but I realized how much more there was to "get" with the approaches you presented. THANK you.
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Followup to my last comment. This IS an excellent video and introduction to GE.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I LOVE the pictures and photos on padlet!
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Can't help thinking about Rocky Horror. :-)
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Particularly interesting to me, this week, is learning and thinking about the evolution of coffeehouses to Lloyd's, the stock exchange and gentlemen's clubs.
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Sweet.
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Really interesting article. Thank you! I completely agree that "Ultimately, the 'perfect version' of the play exists only in one’s own mind." But, but, but :-) I don't like Gertrude as a more sympathetic character...if she is, that mitigates Hamlet's anger.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I'm surprised they aren't wearing cotton gloves. (N-e-v-e-r mind--after finishing the week.) This is a great presentation.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Gosh...that 1 per cent. Been a problem for centuries.
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Have been to Chatsworth...many years ago. Fascinating.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
She does an excellent job of articulating the need for "back of house" enthusiasm and expertise. I agree with the previous comment about living museums. I have been to several in America, and they were utterly fascinating--New Salem in Illinois, Sturbridge Village and Plymouth (Plimoth) Plantation in Massachusetts, and of course, Williamsburg. And numerous...
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I am intrigued by the "migrant." I have assumed the (forced) chimney sweeps and crossing sweepers were the poor young people (mainly male--uh, another "occupation" thought for young females). I look forward to learning lots more about this!
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Chaucer. Not a good time to be female. Or poor. The beginnings of craft guilds.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I'm another who, if only...younger, living in England, etc., I'd be interested. Sadly, not now.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
If I were younger, I would seriously consider a degree in archaeology. The best MOOC I ever took was Archeology, from
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
The history of the human race is fascinating, and revealing. Archaeology, particularly, allows insight into the lives of "common people." History books seem to focus only on the rich and famous.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Lord Peter Wimsey in Dorothy Sayers books. He is so many things, broken (PTSD), brilliant, lovable. I've had a crush on him for decades.
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Miss Marple books by Agatha Christie
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Excellent first week. Thought-provoking.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Too many! Were I asked to name a favorite book of a year, I might be able to do it and that would allow me up to 67 :-). Among the scores: Bleak House, Pride and Prejudice, The Secret Garden, Lord of the Rings, the Merlin books by Mary Stewart, To Kill A Mockingbird, recently The Illuminae Files ....
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Tom Dussman
@TomDussman I agree completely. For $20, I would. Three times that? No.
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@BarbaraW I'll continue to think about it. :-)
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I certainly would NOT have! Now, my sister on the other hand.....) Hell, I would have contributed to the airfare (except I would have wanted a repatriation flight. Even though we all believe in cremation... I think I would have been fine with that taking place there and repatriating the ashes. :-) I think I could have talked my brother into believing it...
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Yes, it should be made permissible--EVERYWHERE. How dare others impose their moral values over the one who is suffering? So...here is what I consider a funny story: my otherwise at least 90% physically healthy and 100% mentally healthy 90-year old mother said she was going to move to Oregon (where another of her children lives) so she could take advantage...
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Just FYI for anyone interested: the Peter Singer quotes prompted a buried memory of mine of wanting to "take" his Coursera course. It just has started again, yesterday, May 30. I hope this comment is allowed.
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Carol Jones
@CarolJones Feed the cat. And what is her rationale for declining to do so??
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"For that we need empathy. Thankfully, this is a capacity that most human beings have." But some do not, does that make them sociopaths? With regard to one prominent orange-haired one--in my opinion, yes! It goes beyond narcissisum.
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Robert N.
Err, my response has been that the Bible is fiction with s-o-m-e mediocre poetry -- all written by societally dominant men.
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Vincent Tyler
@VincentTyler I agree wholeheartedly...and hope those judges hang tight...and against those being appointed by.....most recent person who can nominate them.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Good video! For me, the idea of death seems restful.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
A better ability to discuss religion with members of my family.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Eizabethan or George III
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Fascinating!
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I am 65 and living in Seattle, WA, USA. Retired University Registrar. I have never been a gardener and want to start.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
If one is not an introvert, it is impossible to understand the discomfort of
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Jabberwocky :-)
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
An emotionally powerful MOOC. Thanks to all.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Gerontion--T.S. Eliot
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Best week. Really insightful.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I did not recognize the poem. I chose the title Solitude after using words that reflect my strong introversion. Interesting.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Powerful.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Grief by Elizabeth Barrett Browning--effectiveness of differences in expression.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Must scratch itches! Hearing a clock tick. Beyond that, I did pretty well. Surprised me how well.
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After a few "experiences" with my sister and sister-in-law, whenever I spoke/speak I change "work" to "work outside the home." We're all retired now it isn't so much of an issue. I know I couldn't have done what they did (function as at home moms who subsequently worked outside the home some when their kids were older) and they couldn't have done what I did.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I responded as if I still were working. Things went downhill the last few years.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I like Jonathan's poem a lot.
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Is there a way to add photos to comments? I have a magically great one of Mt. Rainier, from the train window, on my way back from Portland OR, to Seattle,WA. I say magically because I am NOT an accomplished photographer! I'll try this: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206095417286844&set=rpd.1304852354&type=3&theater
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Oh I LIKE that!
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Oh yes. It's more about mental/emotional exhaustion for me. And yes, it helps.
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Teri, my record is 23 hours...during the time in college when I was student teaching. My father sent my mom in to make sure I was still breathing. :-)
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I have always considered Marianne to be self-indulgent. I think Elinor is stoical only by this definition:
--a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining."
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I honestly can't remember my search terms and found "Farewell to Matilda" by Thomas Love Peacock. The poem resonates with the comment about "just shoot him and move on." I shall share only one bit:
My Matilda! no, false one! my claims I resign:
Thou canst not, thou must not, thou shalt not be mine:
I now scorn thee as much as I lov’d thee before,
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I, on the other hand, sleep too much when suffering from depression (which I do, but it's treated). I do lose appetite.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
The only mentions of Robert Burns that I can find in Seattle relates to Burns suppers.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Reading, knitting.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
THANK YOU for mentioning Tom o' bedlam readings! Listening to "The Raven" NOT restful, but a favorite of mine.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Silly, I know, but "I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree...." :-) First poem I ever learned as a child; I can still recite it. Heavens!
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
"waiting for the green man." I had never heard a stop light described in such a way...and I love it! With all the other associations of "the green man," it is quite meaningful in terms of the poem. Google it and just observe the headings and few lines present in the descriptions.
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I have been retired for a year and am addicted to MOOCs. At least one of my friends is eager to retire so she can have the time to devote.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
The imagery was a lot more relaxing for me than the poem. But then I have aways been more of a visual person than an auditory one
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Thanks!
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The Windhover is one of my favorite poems--for the past 40 years! Now I have to go look up the 'terrible sonnets.'
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I read incessantly. I'm retired. :-) Although I read incessantly in my free time my whole life through (well, I did have an anomalous few years when I watched DVDs incessantly). I do wish to note that I read in bed...and all it does is keep me up 'til all hours!! It most certainly does not get me to sleep.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I love Dr. Bate! Did Shakespeare and His World with him. Pleased he is part of this one.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I can't help but think of "rock stars" and groupies. Were it not for birth control....
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Yup. Winter in Seattle = dreich!
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Rynagh Flynn
Thanks for introducing me to the Corries!
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Carol Stahl
Thanks. :-)
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I love the wisteria on her dream home!
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Carol Stahl
Carol, because ours is not tax-free?
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Yeah, but...how about that 2/3rds of business that are NOT small businesses. More for those who already have more. (My father's nickname for me when I was a child was "yabbut.") :-)
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Erika Gogo
Carol--for me it depends on the entity for which the economists work! Academic or Kochs...
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Richard Foster
Anne--I love being in courses with you! I got a late start because I was in England on vacation (can one take a vacation from retirement? :-) the month of October.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I consider myself fortunate that this kind of gambling simply bores me. Once in Las Vegas, I "gave myself permission" to lose $100. I quit after -$67 just because I was bored.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Best hang'oot yet! Fascinating.
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Carol--definitely ask around. Apparently eligibility changes...I am a member (as a former higher education professional and no affiliation with Boeing) of BECU which is the Boeing Employees' Credit Union. :-) These days, membership is available to anyone who (add the appropriate "s's" :-)
Live, work, own a business,
attend school or worship
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Barbara Talmadge replied to Myles Cook
Myles--does the "Buy Nothing" movement/program exist in the UK? You might want to find out about it.
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Carol--try a credit union? Not great but better than commercial banks.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Delightful course. Many thanks to all involved.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Great for extroverts. Introverts? Not so much.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Excellent course. But I still prefer prose to poetry. :-)
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Frankly, I prefer Dorothy's "essay" style to William's poetry. An idiosyncracy, maybe, but true.
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You are so fortunate! My parents burned the letters they wrote to each other during WW 2; he was in the Pacific as a naval aviator and she was living in Washington, D.C. with her parents.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I'm with the mixed race--European/Asian group.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I love the "no other trauma was recorded on the skeleton." I'd say that noted is more than enough! :-)
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ANYTHING but a repuglican!!
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Carol--Or Bernie. :-)
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Ack! Heart-rending.
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Utterly fascinating!! Thanks for doing these hang'oots.
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David--not yet! Where do you reside? Your profile doesn't give a clue. :-(
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I have been fortunate--primarily in having been born into a family for whom education was a priority. In spite of working in higher education for less than stellar wages, my father managed to pay in full for (public) university for all three of us kids and for a masters degree for my older sister. He said he would pay for all education until we married (then...
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
I truly appreciate that others are articulating my emphatic sentiments more eloquently than I could. I wish this TED was to be required hearing (HEARING not listening) for USA folk prior to the 2016 elections!
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Anne--can we say "Koch?" Owwww.
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It is my understanding that unions in the U.S. gained traction due to the "gilded age" in the U.S. I think that discrepancy in wealth is worse now than then.
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Carol--AMEN to that!
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@Richard--yes, one would t-h-i-n-k!
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
For me (as a U.S.A. citizen) this course is extremely eye-opening...as much for the comments as the presentations.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Hmmm, Mexico is to west of California? Uh huh. :-)
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I have found that all of the Futurelearn courses I have taken use the term "learner"--which bugged me initially but I've gotten used to it.
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Barbara Talmadge made a comment
Guilt and ramifications thereof.
