Winter solstice

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This is maybe my very favorite, most hopeful day of the year when the year's light-tide turns. We started the day, lighting only candles...

Hello again

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Why, hello there!   I recentely read that we forget 90% of the things we read. I can definitively concur, considering my parental afliction ...

overcoming obstacles

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This cat's owner has WAY too much time on their hands, but this is sure entertaining especially for a Monday morning attempt to dodge wo...

dance debut

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 This is the absolute cutest!  via { good morning America }

N'Awlins

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If I had to choose, I wouldn't mind a street parade like this for a funeral. via { offbeat magazine }

it's possible not to fake that passage

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This is one very clear reason why practicing scales and arpeggios is absolutely necessary. It is money in the future bank. I hope our Monday...

defining the self... future friday

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The activist and poet Audre Lorde gave us many gems in the form of her scholarship, and one of her more popular quotes warns us of the conse...

12 stradivari

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  This sounds VERY interesting. And usually nerding out over high-end, unattainable instruments just gets on my nerves.  The new documentary...

the interstate highway system

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    I always knew there was a logic to it, but I never saw it explained so well until I stumbled upon this delightfully informative short vi...

fail

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My favorite way to listen to a concert is as a page-turner so that I can follow along. This is priceless. To quote another clever person: iP...

the mighty Hudson

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Apparently the giant beauty of a river hosts ice sailing, which I have never heard of until now.  This is stunning!  (And oh my, those preci...

beginning and end

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I still remember the lesson about 8 years ago where one of my students an his parents excitedly told me about Victor Borge, a name I had nev...

origami in space

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This blows me away, an example of something so seemingly useless as a paper-folding hobby being transformed into something useful for NASA...

3 Gs

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Viola nerd post alert!  This is one phenomenal way to use an 1/8 sized cello and to use the severe weather's downtime indoors. I have wa...

a bird's-eye view... future fridays

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This is mesmerizing, hilarious, and terrifying at the same time. The terrifying part is how this so easily reflects human beliefs that follo...

duck hide and seek... future fridays

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  A perfect example of play-based learning. And we need a game like this for our little puppy!  via {fb}

Dancing With A Hat Rack

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Oh my, Fred, this is some seriously elegant movement!  via { fb }

Ribs

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This is utterly fascinating. I was just thinking last week how I don't love other cultural characteristics the way I love German ones, t...

effortless flight

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Wow, I still love watching gymnastics, and this is as thrilling as seeing a 30-year-old and mother of 2 compete in this year's Olympics....

enjoying life

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Sometimes, the juggling act of of career development, productivity, creative fulfillment, and/or family feels like it needs a reframing. Thi...