Professor Carol
What’s my favorite part of being Professor Carol? It’s lovely to hear from the kids, of course. But that happens most often when there’s a discovery that thrills the student, such as a 13-year old who realized she could take her newly achieved ability to … Read more
How is this little red schoolhouse related to online learning? You can find out by joining me for my series of online presentations with Susan Wise Bauer’s Well-Trained-Mind Online Conference. I’m kicking the conference off tomorrow, April 30, at 11 a.m. EDT. I will be doing two more presentations … Read more
I love window-shopping on Amazon, especially putting books into the “cart” and returning to read more about them. Sometimes I buy, but usually I hit “delete” or move them to the “wish list.” The other day I bought a book by accident: Isaiah Berlin: A … Read more
At the edge of the hill known as Prague Castle in the Czech Republic sits a lovely Palace that belonged to the wealthy Lobkowicz family. Beethoven fans may recognize the name since Count Lobkowicz loved his music and helped support him during an important period … Read more
It’s been raining. Those are wonderful words in North Central Texas. The timing of early spring rains makes me hopeful that our “Monet Carpet” will spring up again this year. I won’t let Hank mow our front pasture down the quarter mile to the road … Read more
I wrote a friend this morning about a film I thought her family might like. As one does, I linked to the International Movie Data Base site and a couple of good reviews. Then I went to make cup of tea. In the kitchen, it … Read more
Something I read recently is pounding in my ears. A study concluded that a substantial percentage of people will wait only two seconds for something to download before clicking it off and moving on. How long is two seconds? Two seconds isn’t long enough to take a … Read more
Ice and snow: that’s what most of us are experiencing lately. Certainly Bowie, Texas is iced in. Everything is closed down that can be, and only a few brave (or foolhardy) souls are sliding down the roads. Yet, as mean as this weather is, I … Read more
We all love the famous Abbott and Costello routine. The ambiguity created by giving baseball players interrogatives as names (“Who’s on first? What’s on second?”) sets up and sustains a classic of American comedy. But the joke works only because it is built on a … Read more
