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Let Grow
Lenore Skenazy has a new site (relatively new—I've fallen a bit behind) called Let Grow . I haven't explored much yet, but...
sursumcorda, 11 December 2017 |
Some Things Are Hard to Sing
That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth; The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth:...
Me, Too - After Some Thought
At first I didn't participate in the "Me Too" campaign on Facebook (and elsewhere)—meant to reveal the magnitude of the problem of...
Conversation Skills
I haven't forgotten my Seven Days of Thanksgiving series. Those posts take more time to write than I have right now ... maybe I'll...
Royal Genealogy
With the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle making the news, and my old friend Gary Boyd Roberts * and the New England...
Life in Chains, Part 2
It's time to bring back this quote from Joel Salatin. On every side, our paternalistic culture is tightening the noose around...
Plus Ça Change ... Yet Again
This is the third time I've used that handy title for a post. It may be recursive. The inspiration for this occasion is a lament...
Seven Days of Thanksgiving - Day 3 - Singing
I was going to make this Day of Thanksgiving about music in general, for which I am indeed very thankful. I have to admit that I usually...
Life in Chains
This observation needs reviving again, from John Caldwell Holt. One of the saddest things I've learned in my life, one of the...
Seven Days of Thanksgiving - Day 2 - Clean Water, and an...
Clean water, coming freely—hot or cold—at a touch, on demand. Not just for my community, but at our own house—several...
Seven Days of Thanksgiving - Day 1 - Reliable Electricity
Inspired by my previous post, Presents of Mind , and a few incidents this year that left me temporarily without blessings which I...
Presents of Mind
The Charlotte, North Carolina, area is home to some of my favorite people, so when I saw that this video came from Charlotte, I was...
The Fall of Heaven
The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran by Andrew Scott Cooper (Henry Holt, 2016) People...
Napkin Origami
On our cruise to Mexico and Cuba with two of our grandchildren we were given a quick lesson in napkin folding. Naturally, the kids...
They Were People
It's all too easy, when one's eyes and mind are blurred by immersion in a sea of birth, death, and marriage data (or worse, the lack...
The Problem of Jonathan Stoddard Wightman’s Wife
Another genealogical puzzle with my research and conclusions. The Problem of Jonathan Stoddard Wightman’s Wife The...
The Problem of David Wood
UPDATED: See the revised version here. Genealogy research consumes my life, albeit in fits and starts, as other...
Where Math Meets Art
Math, art, travel, photography. What's not to like? For some reason, probably all of the above, this photo of "Seventeen parallel...
No Words Needed
This is for someone who will appreciate it, even if the rest of you are covering your ears.
Fast-Food Surprise
I don't think of myself as a conformist. I mean, really, can you be of my generation and not like rock 'n' roll? I'm afraid I've always...
"Dear Sir, I Am"
Today's Orlando Sentinel features, on its opinion page, a wonderful article by guest columnist James O. Cunningham: What's...
Babies, Perfect Pitch, and Upside Down Teaching
Google frequently suggests, through my phone, articles that it thinks I might find interesting. Most of the time it's not even close:...
What Young People Can Do
Warning: This is an unabashed Grandma-brag—but it has a generally-applicable point as well. One of my recurrent themes here is...
SpaceX Launch
I'm so glad that the ending of the Space Shuttle program did not mean the end of being able to watch launches from our front yard ....
For Math Lovers Only
The article may be a little heavy-going, but I know some of my readers will love it. It's not often number theory makes the...