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Category Archives: Reading Around
Madison Reads Leopold, 2010
"Yearly, the feathered tempest roared up, down, and across the continent, sucking up the laden fruits of forest and prairie, burning them in a traveling blast of life....Today the oaks still flaunt their burden at the sky, but the feathered lightning is no more."
Posted in Reading Around Tagged Aldo Leopold, Environment, Holidays, Reading Aloud, Spring 1 Comment
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 2 Comments
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.
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.
Also posted in Mind & Society Tagged Arts & Literature, Canada, Economics, History, Holidays, Mind & Society, Science & Technology, Slavery, Work 7 Comments
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.
Can’t Take My Joy From Me (Michelle Shocked)
On this day, I think it is O.K. to be happy…. mog.com More about this song Share
Also posted in Mind & Society Leave a comment
RCB Bookmarks, Mid-January, 2009
Links on culture, reading, and the web.
Also posted in Arts & Literature, Margin Notes, Mind & Society, Science & Technology Tagged Bookmarks, Books, Civility, Dana Hanley, Digital Literacy, digitalculture, e-books, e-readers, Jason Epstein, Kassia Krozser, NEA, Peter Osnos, Politics, RCBLinks, Reading, Reading on the Rise, SpinStoppers, Voltaire Leave a comment
Bugs Bunny Stole My Cognitive Surplus!
or, What's all the hubbub, Bub?