Category Archives: learning

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]

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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]

Happy 500th!

June 26, 2019 · by Lori | in and I quote:, books, clutter, culture, history, humor, language, Las Fallas, learning, map, Mind Stretch, philosophy, social issues, Spain | tagged Anne Lamott, banned books, blog, change, DaVinci, found poetry, lockdown, Magellan, milestone, molasses flood, packing, Titian, writing, XKCD | Leave a comment

Five hundred posts ago, I was working on writing down some thoughts about our recent move to Spain, [Read more]

When distortion makes things clearer

May 29, 2019 · by Lori | in learning, map, Mind Stretch | tagged Bangladesh, cartogram, distortion, geography, map, population, population density | Leave a comment

Nigeria is giant, while there are other African nations that have nearly disappeared. [Read more]

And I quote: James M. Barrie

May 11, 2019 · by Lori | in and I quote:, learning | tagged change, humility, J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan, spelling | Leave a comment

I share a quote today from English author James M. Barrie, best known to many of us as the creator of Peter Pan. [Read more]

Mind Stretch: Randall Munroe, creator of xkcd

April 27, 2019 · by Lori | in history, humor, learning, Mind Stretch, nature, politics, social issues | tagged climate change, global warming, Randall Munroe, science, XKCD | 2 Comments

keeping an eye on how gradually the dotted line moves sideways, until it’s not gradual at all. [Read more]

March maple sugaring in New England

March 30, 2019 · by Lori | in food, learning, nature, photograph, travel | tagged Algonquin, maple syrup, New England, New Hampshire, Parker's Maple Sugar Farm, spring | 3 Comments

The little device generally used to tap trees is called a spile [Read more]

If the US were a village of 100 people

February 23, 2019 · by Lori | in culture, learning, video | tagged America, Business Insider, comparison, demographics, US | Leave a comment

That still puts us in about 31st place in voter turnout among world democracies. [Read more]

Raise your library voice

February 1, 2019 · by Lori | in and I quote:, creativity, language, learning, poetry | tagged A.A. Milne, Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll, listening, literacy, reading, The Old Sailor, World Read Aloud Day | 2 Comments

I feel okay about trying frumious Bandersnatch, [Read more]