rules for reading

0 comment

My favorites are 6, 7, 9, and 10 Teddy Roosevelt’s 10 Rules For Reading “A book must be interesting to the particular reader at that...

singing can change hearts and spirits

0 comment

And she articulates exactly what I love about writing, music, visual art, dance. Writing is about “learning to pay attention and to com...

clutter is fertile ground

0 comment

Below is the picture of Steve Jobs' office: such a juxtaposition to his aesthetic of design and drive, and proof that seeming contradic...

ethical capitalism

0 comment

As I have mentioned before, I struggle a lot with my career. I love what I do, I know it is important, and I want to do something good with...

acts of generosity, bravery, insight

0 comment

A good kind of day to strive for. Happy wowday Halloween gives you permission to dress up. April Fool's, a chance to play a pran...

last lecture, stanford

0 comment

A weakness of mine: convocation speeches and last lectures. This is no exception. Last Lecture Series: 10 Life Lessons This is a bett...

invisible, in-between moments of a city

0 comment

I loved this idea for a book, and wondered what one for my town would look like. (Of course it makes me remember my own personal infatuatio...

stumbling

0 comment

I am often told that I live primarily in my head,  despite the fact that I generally like and enjoy people. A good reminder that thinking...

grit, curiosity, self-control, optimism

0 comment

I absolutely loved this post on teaching students how to think. I do not agree with the necessity of being unnecessarily mean and abusive, ...

remembering by removing

0 comment

I cannot get these images out of my head--one of the most moving memorials I have seen.  It's been almost three years since a gunma...

success is not an ingredient of confidence

0 comment

Seth made me think again, so good to hear going into yet another audition. Confidence is a choice, not a symptom The batter has alread...

the triumverate

0 comment

Go grab that cup o' joe! Triple-continental breakfast. via { indexed }

perishable

0 comment

A good reminder on a par with Michael Pollan

mapping it out

0 comment

Bahn, both of these reminded me of our conversation last week... For many, the only respites are television (temporary) and death (perma...

music in the time of...

0 comment

In my spelunking through YouTube, I discovered this wonderful series of French broadcasts directed by a wonderful gambist, Jordi Savall. A...

an obsolete job: lamp lighter

0 comment

This one is probably my favorite. There is a world of fairy tales and stories to be found in this, as well as analogies about the role of ...

an obsolete job: log driver

0 comment

How I feel on a bad day of teaching. Before the technology or infrastructure was available to transport logs by truck, log drivers would f...

an obsolete job: switchboard operator

0 comment

A visual representation of a teacher and/or discussion leader, or a conversation at our dinner table when everyone is home. Switchboard o...

an obsolete job: human radar

0 comment

As someone who struggles with significant hearing loss on an hourly basis, this captures how I have to focus aurally in order to follow con...

an obsolete job: ice cutters

0 comment

And I thought northern New York was cold enough, scurrying from building to building in zero-degree temperatures and biting wind. Imagine ...

an obsolete job: the lector

0 comment

The Lector: my ideal place in the industrial revolution. I find it so touching that laborers spent their own money on mental engagement. ...

a series on obsolete jobs

0 comment

I can count one of my daily worries as one that focuses on the future of my profession and my place in it. I often catch myself thinking ...

nirgends will ich gebogen bleiben

0 comment

by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Annemarie S. Kidder

CPE

0 comment

Carl Philip Emmanuel used to be my favorite of the Bach sons because of his initials, even more than JC despite his contribution to the vi...