Over the past week I’ve been working on two large sewing projects (along with my writing). Each project has a pattern with very lengthy instructions. For one project, I’m trying to make a stole, and the fifty page instruction booklet has these words on page 38. Now we will try to make the stole. from [...]
I saw an article about new ways of teaching preschool classes. You begin the day by talking about how the kids feel. I’m not going to link to it, because it was over the top. But it did say that all the children in the example school ended up in tears, after a few minutes [...]
Continuing with the Dante seminar commentary… The turning point for Dante in Hell, the moment when he begins to be less sympathetic to sin, is when he reaches the circle of those who practiced simony. (According to Dr. Cook…) Simon Magus, in the Bible, wanted the powers that the Apostles had from Jesus, and he [...]
I went to a seminar on Dante. I could just post — If you get a chance to listen to Dr. William Cook on Dante you probably should. - Or I could share a bit of what he said. Dr. Cook started by explaining that for Dante Comedy and Tragedy had very specific meanings. In [...]
Once upon a time … that’s how I’ve begun to think about Dr. John Aloysius O’Keefe III, and his career as an astrophysicist. I have stories about him in my head that are quite clearly mixed up. He went to Harvard as an undergraduate and tangled with the head of the Astronomy Department there, as [...]
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