Category Archives: learning

Shrinking inaccuracies down to size

September 15, 2019 · by Lori | in history, learning, map, science, video | tagged cartography, equal-earth project, Gall-Peters, geography, map, Mercator, Neil Kaye, XKCD | 2 Comments

Today I ran across a new entry in the field of maps-not-as-bad-as-Mercator, [Read more]

Preventing a grand comeback

August 3, 2019 · by Lori | in health, history, learning, map, science, social issues, Uncategorized | tagged anti-vaxxers, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, comics, immunizations, Maki Naro, measles, The Nib, vaccinations | 3 Comments

It would be great if we could collectively walk ourselves back from this ledge we’ve been approaching, [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]

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]

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]