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I Used to Think Ontario Would Be Such a Lovely Place to Live

I don't write these posts to frighten or depress anyone. But a number of my readers have higher priorities than chasing down news...

Deep Work

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World  by Cal Newport (Grand Central Publishing, 2016) This is now the...

What We've Been Missing in Church

I love our church. We have an awesome priest, a fantastic music director, a diverse congregation, and a choir of wonderful people who...

Vaccines, Masks, and Anti-social Distancing

Porter received the following in an e-mail from George Friedman of  Geopolitical Futures . At the end Friedman writes, "A referral...

Swallows and Amazons

                    Swallows and Amazons...

Happy Easter to All

Christ is risen! I write this before heading out to church to worship, sing, and play with our hand chime choir. The sad news is...

No Excuses

Maybe you never wanted to be a rock star.  Maybe you don't care much for that music and the genres it spawned.  Maybe you...

Learning from Home

Porter alerted me to this interesting, though highly biased, view of what's necessary for successful learning at home. It's from a...

YouTube Channel Discoveries - Viva Frei

I've posted quite a bit already about and by David Freiheit and his YouTube channel Viva Frei. But he certainly deserves a part in...

Greenglass House

Greenglass House  by Kate Milford ( Clarion Books, 2014) This book appeared in the curriculum for one or more of our...

Good to Know

It looks as if my Pfizer vaccine worked.  :)

YouTube Channel Discoveries - Everything Music (Rick Beato)

Next up in this series of interesting YouTube channel subscriptions: Everything Music , by Rick Beato. I was going to say that I can't...

Enforced Social Distancing

I've mentioned before situations in which fear has led to unreasonable responses to the COVID-19 threat. Whether by governments or by...

YouTube Channel Discoveries - ChateauLove

I'm starting a new series of posts featuring YouTube channels I've found interesting and which I think others might enjoy, too. Some...

Excellence and Enthusiasm

Do you see a man skilful in his work? he will stand before kings  - Proverbs 22:29 (RSV) Excellence  is almost always a...

Welcome to Florida Spring

Last week the air conditioning came on; today we are back to heating. That's Florida Spring for you. One day you sleep with the ceiling...

Mistborn: The Final Empire

Mistborn: The Final Empire  by Brandon Sanderson (Tor 2006) At last I ventured into Mistborn  territory, at the...

More Positive Mask Thoughts

I've just discovered another reason I'm keeping my masks when all this brouhaha is over. Two nights ago I woke up in the middle of...

Fear Confers Power, and Power Corrupts - Part 2

What current generations think of as ancient history is as alive as yesterday to those of us who lived through it. A long time ago...

Fear Confers Power, and Power Corrupts

I like the Viva Frei video law blog, in part because although David Freiheit pulls no punches he is also generally happy, positive,...

Positive Mask Thoughts

I'm a  bona fide  mask agnostic. I've always considered wearing a mask a small thing to do to make other people feel more...

In the Court of Public Opinion, We Are All Vigilantes

O. J. Simpson, Casey Anthony, George Zimmerman, Donald Trump ... pick your favorite villain. There's someone out there who you are...

Humble Pi

Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World  by Matt Parker (Riverhead Books (2020) My sister-in-law and I don't often...

Fully Vaccinated

I posted previously some of the  reasoning behind our decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine . Here's how it played out. Initially I...

Can I Hear an "Amen"?

Is this poking the bear? It's not original; I found it and it made me laugh. We need some laughs!

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