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9/19/2016
Book Look: Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, by Nancy Milford
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Per the forward to this long bio, Milford’s the first to have been granted access to the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay’s private lette...
9/08/2016
A Thousand Words - No Lovelier Church in the Vale
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I can't tell whether God is pissed or just showing off in this photo.
9/06/2016
10 Most Important Species at Risk of Extinction - Organisms We Should Really, Really, Really be Worried About Losing
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I think most scientists are now on board with the idea that we are in the midst of what is being called (not terribly cleverly) the ...
8/20/2016
The 10 Type of People You Always Find on Volunteer Committees
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At this point in my life, I've served on enough committees to be a career politician. The following list is based on my extensive (a...
8/19/2016
Book Look: Pacific, by Simon Winchester
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In this outing, Winchester has attempted a history of the Pacific Ocean – a vast undertaking, even given that he has limited himself t...
8/05/2016
100+ Tips for New Teachers
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It's beginning to look a lot like Labor Day, so thought I'd post this list in honor of all the new teachers who are even n...
7/26/2016
10 Things That Would Make C-SPAN More Interesting
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Poor C-SPAN! Doomed to televise the dullest of all possible programming, our government in action. Here are some suggestions for liven...
7/19/2016
Book Look: The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern
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If ever Ray Bradbury wrote love stories, I imagine this is exactly the sort of tale he would have written, full of magic and mystery and ...
7/13/2016
35+ Cards that Hallmark Needs to Add to Its Inventory
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Try as they might, Hallmark just can't seem to keep up with the real world. Following is a list of sentiments unaccountably lack...
7/08/2016
A Thousand Words - The Brighton Swimming Club, 1863
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In honor of summer, I offer this photo of the Brighton Swimming Club, circa 1863. So many questions! For instance: What's keeping tho...
7/07/2016
Increasing Engagement in the Classroom: A List of Specific Activities and Strategies
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For reasons researchers can't quite pinpoint but that may have something to do with video games, instant gratification, food additive...
6/19/2016
Book Look - God Help the Child, by Toni Morrison
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This is a terse read with an even more terse theme: the things we do to children matter. Because children who are raised in pain grow up ...
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