Category Archives: Lifelong Learning
It Could Have Been a Lot Worse
Andy had to take long detours to get up to the land yesterday, but except for the road by that one culvert we talked about yesterday, the roads survived the new 3.83 inches of rain. Yay, roads! Andy’s happy they … Continue reading
YouTube Video
tammy asked about the videos I made in the past. I had put a sample “This Week at the Shelter” on Flickr, but it didn’t work for her — it also didn’t work on one of our computers. So I … Continue reading
Food Texture
What’s your favorite food texture? Chewy (43% of population), Crunchy (33% of population), Smooth, often called Creamy but it doesn’t have to contain fat (16% of population), or Hard (for sucking, 8% of population)? Do you know? Do you care? … Continue reading
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Inattentional Blindness
Inattentional blindness — not seeing something in plain sight because the mind is paying attention to something else. We all know it’s dangerous to text or use hand-held cell phones while driving, but it’s also dangerous for the driver to … Continue reading
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The Printing Press
Wikipedia. In the nineteenth century people used to think of the invention of printing as the lynchpin in the history of civilisation. I’m not so sure. … Still, on balance I suppose that printing has done more good than … Continue reading
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Sowing
As you sow, so shall ye reap. Well, not always. About 36 years ago — during the first rainy season after we bought the land — Andy decided to sow some clover to build up the soil on our clearing. … Continue reading
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A Political Ad Already?
The other night when Andy was waiting for the weather report on TV, he called, “Jean! Look at this.” It was a paid piece extolling the virtues of Tom Udall, our senior U.S. Senator. What? A political ad so soon? … Continue reading
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One Thing Leads to Another
As I’ve mentioned, this new theme started when I found I had to update my old one if I wanted to have threaded comments — to let people respond directly after the comment they’re answering. Years ago it took me … Continue reading
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The Magic of the Written Word
Wikipedia. …the visitor who now enters the Palazzo dei Conservatori at Borgo San Sepolcro finds the stupendous “Resurrection” almost as Piero della Francesca left it. …it stands there before us in entire and actual splendour, the greatest picture in … Continue reading
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Power and Virtue
Raphael’s Picture of Castiglione What gives “The Book of the Courtier” its unique place in literature is … how pertinent so many of its pages seem in our day…. The right relation of virtue to power will always be … Continue reading
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