“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see […]
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Merlin speaks of learning…
October 30th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Musings, Quote of the Week, Reading, Teaching & Learning
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Cuba Sojourn – Day 5
February 12th, 2013 · Comments Off on Cuba Sojourn – Day 5 · Cuba, Dance, eating, Education, Food, Important People, Learning Spanish, Museums, Musings, photo of the week, Site Seeing, travel
I realized that I have skipped over a wonderful art studio and walking to dinner adventure that took place, but I’m saving those as they deserve their own posts! So, let’s continue our account of our stay in Cuba: This morning, more gorgeous weather (weather is on my mind as in the last four days, […]
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Firsts…
August 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on Firsts… · Children, College students, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ~ T.S. Eliot “Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant “Here’s to […]
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Teatrekkers come to Salon
January 29th, 2012 · Comments Off on Teatrekkers come to Salon · eating, Food, Important People, Musings, photo of the week, Teaching & Learning
Teatrekkers could be seen last night at the first of our 2012 Winter Salon evenings. With a dozen friends we learned from Mary Lou and Robert Heiss (the authors of four really excellent books) just a tiny bit about Chinese teas: its origins, how and where what we were tasting was grown, how to brew […]
100 Day Project – Finished
January 29th, 2012 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Finished · 100 Days Project, Musings, My Goals, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project — Finished Well, I do have to admit defeat – at least in terms of being able to blog for 100 days in a row. I made it to 66 days spread over about 90 days (including weekends). I learned a lot. I learned I do have something to write about – […]
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