The Work Song of C. Elise

Photo by Bruno van der Kraan on Unsplash

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is my homage to T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“. If you have not read “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“, leave this post and go do that.  If you have read it, I hope you enjoy my version of it.  I am not claiming to be original, here. The structure, rhythm, desperation, and any beauty at all are Eliot’s.  Most of the words, the shift in desire, and the modern

And then what happened?

Dirt Bag

Mississippian; Bottle; Ceramics-Containers; 11th–14th century; Ceramic; Metropolitan Museum of Art; https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/318289

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn archaeologists, you will find an under-appreciated group of interesting dirtbags. I walked among them for a while, parading as one myself. In my first semester of college, I fell in with the anthropology group, the gateway major that led to harder, more addictive fields like linguistics and archaeology.  Whatever you do, for the love of God, if you want to save yourself complete and total humiliation when graced with the presence of an archaeologist, do not

And then what happened?

Sliding Sidebar

About Pretty Tacky

About Pretty Tacky

Hi, I'm Caitlan. Welcome to Pretty Tacky, my essay collection. Get ready to read about a DWI on a riding lawn mower and family on the Jerry Springer show. When I'm not writing about growing up a heathen hick, I write about immigrating to a tropical oven abroad and job hopping from archaeologist to teacher to translator to corporate copywriter. I can't commit 'cause I'd just rather be writing, baby. Can you relate?

Join the Mailing List

For sporadic tacky essays in your inbox, get the newsletter. No spam-a-lam-a-ding-dong and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Most Popular (for whatever reason)