January 2017 Hello 2017! I’m back from my hiatus. My husband and I have been busy with the new home we purchased last August. These last few months we’ve had new drain cleanouts installed, poured concrete to widen the driveway, and had artificial turf installed in the […]
I’ve always imagined having a wonderful waking routine where I carve out a half hour each morning to read in my pajamas, espresso in hand, and the sound of the morning birds chirping just outside… But I can count on one hand the number of times […]
The days of deep reading are over…for most, anyway. The internet is a wonderful thing, and yet most of the technologies that have sprung up as a result of it are fragmenting our time and attention; the result being very real, tangible changes to our […]
There’s a push today to focus American education purely on pragmatic, specialized study. To learn a trade and gain job-specific skills. To increase student enrollment in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. A liberal education? What’s that good for? “It’s useless,” seems to be the […]
If you haven’t heard of The School of Life, you should check them out. They’re a an educational organization that makes fun and quirky videos in an effort to “answer the great questions of life with the help of culture.” With a vast array of […]