Monthly Archives: July 2019

When positive is negative

July 31, 2019 · by Lori | in culture, psychology | tagged Anna Goldfarb, dismissive positivity, empathy, friendship, support, Whitney Goodman | Leave a comment

An article on the downside of being too upbeat caught my attention recently, and I bring up the topic to mull it over with you. [Read more]

Pleasing poetic patterns

July 27, 2019 · by Lori | in creativity, language, learning, poetry, Uncategorized, video | tagged A.A. Milne, Avi Ofer, Ḥāfiz, Brian Billston, David Silverstein, E.E. Cummings, Langston Hughes, Mary Oliver, poetry, Robert Frost, Safia Elhillo, TED Ed, Wendell Berry, William Butler Yeats, William Shakespeare | 2 Comments

Today I’m going more general, with a TED Ed animation that provides some insight into a few of the ways that poetry creates its effects. [Read more]

Daily Bread

July 24, 2019 · by Lori | in culture, Family, food, health, photograph | tagged book, culture, Daily Bread, diet, food, Gregg Segal, health, interview, Jessica Stewart, My Modern Met, photographs | 2 Comments

presumably because the idea of having to write down that you finished half a packet of cold french fries is enough to make you think better of it. [Read more]

Story-propelled space flight to the moon

July 20, 2019 · by Lori | in creativity, culture, history, science, travel, video | tagged Edgar Allen Poe, Galileo, imagination, innovation, Jules Verne, moon, NASA, science, space travel | 2 Comments

From a 1638 manuscript by the Bishop of Hereford positing a goose-powered contraption for human flight,

Listen: more “Danny Boy”

July 17, 2019 · by Lori | in Listen:, music, video | tagged BYU, Danny Boy, folk music, Irish pipes, John Leavitt, McKay Crockett, Vocal Point | Leave a comment

I promised in early June that once I found the lyrics to the new verse of “Danny Boy” [Read more]

Art to Share: Lee Jae-Hyo

July 13, 2019 · by Lori | in Art to Share, creativity, video | tagged art, Korea, Lee Jae-Hyo, My Modern Met, trees, wood | Leave a comment

The finished piece looks so right and polished that it gives the impression that the work to bring it about was somehow effortless. [Read more]

Controversial counting

July 10, 2019 · by Lori | in history, learning, politics, social issues | tagged census, Christian, citizenship, controversy, Lebanon, Maronite, president Trump, Secretary of Commerce, Shiite, Sunni, Supreme Court, Wilbur Ross | Leave a comment

Not really a “No way, no how” kind of answer, but at least it was a No. [Read more]

A typo in the Declaration of Independence?

July 6, 2019 · by Lori | in history, holidays, learning, philosophy, politics, social issues, video | tagged Atlantic, Danielle Allen, Declaration of Independence, freedom, government, history, political philosophy, responsibility, typo | 2 Comments

Wait, it wasn’t even typed! [Read more]

Fourth of July Eve

July 3, 2019 · by Lori | in culture, holidays, learning, science, video | tagged celebration, chemistry, color, fireworks, fourth of July, Independence Day, July 4th, timelapse, watermelon | Leave a comment

In anticipation of American Independence Day, I have for you some fireworks FYI and some flashback fun. [Read more]