Thinking Out Loud
Tim from Assorted Stuff linked to this article about the school division in Illinois that has threatened to discipline students for things they publish to the Internet even outside of school hours. It is their way, they claim, to protect the students from themselves. So, students who post pictures of themselves smoking, drinking, or engaging [...]
Gardened here early…raked under the crepe myrtle where I had dug up the periwinkle. Planted hostas behind the myrtle and gladiolas that I rescued from other places in the front. Looks so much better. We headed to the property around 3 and basically hung out. I staked a spot out by the dip in the [...]
AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune?¢‚Ǩ‚ÄùI myself am good fortune; Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Strong and content, I travel the open road. These lines from [...]
On the surface, it seems easy to define my beliefs about the nature of reality and how we come to know. I am, at heart, a constructivist with a very liberal, relative view of the world. I fit the stereotype pretty closely For instance, I remember breathing a sigh of relief during the first class [...]
Spent some time this morning preparing for a workshop on 21st century skills and The Flat World on Thursday but then headed outside to garden. Dug up siberian irises to give away and send to the property and weeded the front garden where the zinnias are going to go. Ready to head to Ivy Run [...]