"Happy April Fool's Day!" Maybe you've heard -- or said -- this knee-jerk phrase today. We spit out such easy phrases every time a festival comes around ("Happy Mother's Day!" "Happy Birthday!" "Happy Halloween!" "Happy Veteran's Day!") , but what … [Continue reading]
Seven Books of Fools & Sacred Folly
or, I don't think that word means what you think it means.
April 1, 2011 By 1 Comment
First Sunday in Advent
November 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When God began to create the heavens & the earth, the earth was formless & void, while the Spirit of God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light!" -- and there was light. And God saw that the light was … [Continue reading]
The Kingdom of This World…
or, The Messiah Strikes Back
November 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A little light for Black Friday. … [Continue reading]
Bugs Bunny Stole My Cognitive Surplus!
or, What's all the hubbub, Bub?
July 27, 2010 By 2 Comments
Today is the 70th anniversary of "A Wild Hare" the first appearance of Bugs Bunny, who first appeared in my mother's generation, and continued to be (as Clay Shirky argues ) one of the primary time-wasters uses of cognitive surplus indulged in by my … [Continue reading]
Every Title the Story of a Reader
or, How to measure a year of reading
June 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Donalyn Miller, author of The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child, lists the books & authors that were her sixth-grade students' favorites this year in How Do You Measure a Year of Reading? Her students averaged 57 books … [Continue reading]