Author Archives: CircleReader
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
or, The First Meme
Acrostics -- lists and songs arranged alphabetically -- are of course a venerable tradition, uniting the ancient author of Psalm 119 with the youngest child learning to sing the ABC Song. One could say that the alphabet is the first & primary meme, the source behind every other, a natural fit for the blogosphere.
Posted in Reading Around Tagged Acrostic, Alphabet, Bookstores, Memes, WordPress, World Wide Web 1 Comment
Reading Aloud: the Words Endure
or, The Cosmic Bedtime Story
Our family's evening reading together was no more -- and no less -- difficult than all the other things we do together as a family. Day in & day out, this practice of reading builds up a foundation and a bulwark that will strengthen and protect us throughout our lives. Day in & day out, we parents are building up our children, our schools, and our communities, guarding them from a multitude of evils, just by reading aloud.
Little Things
or, The Lives of the Flu Cell
For me, microbiology always communicates a sense of secret revelation - it is so intimate, our very flesh & blood, and yet so intricate and strange. What a wonder to be able to see some small portion of the invisible entities that underlie our physical life! Here's an animation of a flu virus attack, from Zirus, Inc. via NPR.
Posted in Science & Technology Tagged Biology, Data Visualization, Microbiology, NPR, Science, Threshold Concepts, Virus, Zirus Inc. 1 Comment
Remebering Labor, Entering Rest
To truly make this a holiday, to truly rest in praise of the goodness, truth, & beauty of Labor Day, requires contemplation.
Posted in Mind & Society, Reading Around Tagged Arts & Literature, Canada, Economics, History, Holidays, Mind & Society, Science & Technology, Slavery, Work 7 Comments
Watching the Cubs from Bahgdad
Here is what Memorial Day means to me today: it means remembering the connections we have to those who are elsewhere, remembering that the small things we enjoy here at home exist in a larger system of past and present service, sacrifice and justice.
Posted in Local Life, Mind & Society Tagged Afghanistan, Army, Baghdad, Chicago Cubs, Germany, Holidays, Iraq, Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Day, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sixties, Soldiers, Twitter, Vietnam, War & Peace 4 Comments
For the True Book Lover
Smell of Books?
"100% DRM compatible!"
Posted in Margin Notes Tagged April Fool, Book Arts, e-books, ereader, Holidays, Smell of Books Leave a comment
Feedburning Learning
Feeds & email updates are all about drawing readers into a community from the margins--which is to say, they are all about learning.
Madison Reads Leopold, 2010