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How to Listen to and Understand Great Music

How to Listen to and Understand Great Music , by Robert Greenberg; a Teaching Company lecture I've said it before : ...

 
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Remembering Gabe Kron

Gabriel Kron . Of all the amazing people who have intersected with my life, he is probably the safest to write about, since he died...

 
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Now, Suns Reverse, Moons Re-Phase...

...while I indulge in a bit of nostalgia. We moved to Central Florida not long after Disney's EPCOT Center opened.  Our...

 
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Casting the Net, Vol. 21 - Language Learning

Exposure To Two Languages Carries Far-Reaching Benefit s   From this article at ScienceDaily, you can follow links to many...

 
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Eggs Not in the News

With all the fuss lately about illness caused by salmonella in eggs from factory farms with highly dubious practices, it was...

 
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Casting the Net, Vol. 20 - Educational Decline

I'm attacking my dauntingly long backblog again, applying the delete key ruthlessly on articles that are merely interesting. ...

 
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Greek Heroes, Hindu Gods, and Disney Cars

Apology for homeschooling   No, not an "I'm sorry" apology, though there are some elements of adolescent shyness in this new...

 
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The Metaphor Is the Medium

One thing I find attractive about Christianity is the balance it achieves between the physical and the spiritual:  when the heart...

 
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It's Noah Webster's Fault

Ever wonder why British and American spellings are different if we theoretically speak the same language?  Color vs. colour,...

 
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Empowered Children

I'm working on getting Li'l Writer Guy home from Switzerland, but in the meantime, enjoy this wonderful story of a three-year-old who...

 
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Language Ability, and Averages are Deceiving

Posted in IrishOboe

This weekend was the best weekend yet with little Joseph.  We got to be together as a family the whole weekend and we got lots...

 
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Some Days are Wonderful . . .

Posted in IrishOboe

And some days I think that I can’t make it.  Everyone talks about labor being hard, but somehow life after gets lost in the...

 
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Smile for Daddy!

Posted in IrishOboe

No new pictures up yet, but here's a teaser.

 
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Swimming

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Joseph is very good to me in that he is happy to be in his bike trailer while I go for a run.  It’s a great break for me and...

 
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First Visit to a Restaurant

Posted in IrishOboe

Yesterday the family went out to celebrate Miss Diana’s birthday at a Greek restaurant in Germany.  Joseph did a great...

 
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There Ain't No Message

The Caller ID number was local; in fact, it was from the town where our church is located, so I answered the phone, fully expecting a...

 
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Happy Birthday!

New Year's Resolution #8 —in which I detail my renewed attempts at organizing my life—notwithstanding, my dear friend,...

 
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Finally Getting my DMA!

Posted in IrishOboe

Eastman would be proud.  Never thought I would, but I’m getting a DMA . . . a Doctorate in Mothering Arts that is...

 
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The Family Bikes to Church!

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This was a big occasion for all three of us.  The other weekend Stephan went and bought a bike trailer with all the help we got from...

 
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New Year's Resolution #8 - Enjoy Spontaneity

Just as with #2 Rediscover Feasting , there's a lot more to this resolution than meets the eye.  But if I called this resolution...

 
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First Month Checkup

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This morning Joseph had his first month checkup.  He did wonderfully!  He slept as I got ready to go, he slept on the way...

 
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You Know You're a Nerd When ...

... When you're doing a crossword puzzle, the clue is "big name in chips," and you immediately think "Intel."...

 
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Not About Poop

Posted in IrishOboe

Joseph does more than poop and pee and it’s about time I wrote about it.  He’s growing quickly and can hardly be thought...

 
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Diaper-Free Time

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Nope, life isn’t much more than “pshsh” and “bthth” right now.  After a frustrating evening of doing...

 
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Ich Spreche Deutsch!

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Joseph got his Swiss ID card in the mail today and I got a letter from the NSH testing center.  I passed the German C1...