If the Stars by Dawn Garrett If the stars could talk what would they say? I like to think they’d be friendly, passing on their way. Glory in light shining, effervescent and bubbly in community. with enthusiasm for acquiring the acquaintance of the other. They’d ask after one’s mother and how the family does. They’d…
How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds by Alan Jacobs My rating: 5 of 5 stars Kindle read. Alan Jacobs is one of my favorite internet people – his various blogs and mini blogs and the sole reason I used to go to twitter have long provided interesting ideas, visuals, and…
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis My rating: 5 of 5 stars I listened to this and for a long time I wondered why. Then, today, I listened to the last two chapters of Part One and all of Part Two because I had to know. Oh, before today, there were thoughts and ideas…
Proclamation by Dawn Garrett We are told that the heavens declare the glory of God. Yet, transparent encircling air seems medium odd. When brightness brings to bear its presence praise doesn’t need aid ilum’ning aerial polutants or creation’s shade. The mornings dawn with oranges, pinks, rosy, reds, and golden light diffusing white which slowly slinks…
Cacophony by Dawn Garrett Teeming with confusion; the world called to origins ancient. The roads bustle in one direction by proclamation sent. Tempers flare. Exhaustion trudges at the pace as set in front. Identified as mere possession; selfish aggrandizement. Greeting, welcome, discourse Argument, curse, invective, yelling. Immobility for ass and horse. Impatience revealing. Rivers run…
I’m not in love with the word I’ve chosen for my 2019 Word for the Year, but I can’t seem to get away from it. That generally means it’s the right one. There were a lot of contenders: Commit. Pray. Engage. Speak. Interact. All perfectly good words in themselves and a lot to consider over…
We ended the last post in the series with, “Good habits matter to the life of ideas.” Mason’s third is tool: “Education is a life. In saying that “education is a life,” the need of intellectual and moral as well as of physical sustenance is implied. The mind feeds on ideas, and therefore children should have…
Scaffolding also utilizes the discipline of habit. Scaffolding is evenly spaced, carefully layered, intentionally constructed. Mason’s habit-building is so done, too. Mason says, By “education is a discipline,” we mean the discipline of habits, formed definitely and thoughtfully, whether habits of mind or body. Physiologists tell us of the adaptation of brain structures to habitual…
As I’ve written this series and thought about it over the last year, I came to see how Scaffolding is just Mason’s tools of Atmosphere, Discipline, and Life. I started out planning to write just the first four or so posts, but as I actually wrote them I kept bumping up against atmosphere – how…
For Today… Looking out my window … it is dark. Late. I am thinking … it’s a little crazy to post this now because there’s a scheduled post at 6am tomorrow. I am thankful … for blogging as an outlet. One of my favorite things … my washer and dryer. I’ve run a number of…