Professor Carol
It’s an eye-catching title, yes? To be fair, we didn’t really brawl. It’s hard to brawl when everyone mostly agrees. Instead, we grappled on this panel with the question of how to cultivate the Fine Arts as an indispensable element of a child’s education. Maybe … Read more
At social gatherings with colleagues, a common question arises: “What are you reading right now?” Do you find yourself hearing that question also? How blessed Hank and I are to work with friends who are serious, thoughtful, and well-read. Our dinner conversations regularly turn to … Read more
Several days of compiling prose about the music of Sergei Prokofiev, the topic of our July Composer-of-the-Month resource, threw me back to a time when my heart belonged solely to his music. From early teens, my goal became to study and perform every piece of … Read more
Free time in the summer can involve taking the family to museums. Of course, what one finds in a “museum” today varies widely! Somewhere out there has to be a Museum for the History of the Horseshoe. And probably there’s a Museum filled with Historical … Read more
The press abounds in articles about people not wanting to go back to work. Various circumstances come in play, from those abandoning jobs in search of something more fulfilling to some folks who apparently do not want to work at all. Hard work is woven … Read more
The arrangement was that I would spend a set of days at Highlands Latin School (Louisville, KY), working on a project with Memoria Press. I didn’t, though, know how the days would unfold. First, I love this place. Our roots at Professor Carol are linked … Read more
All growth is a leap in the dark. A spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience. —Henry Miller This oft-cited quotation from American novelist Henry Miller sums up a small, but notable, leap taken in our household. The leap began with a notice in … Read more
An exceptional degree of collegiality characterizes today’s educational renewal. Whether you experience it under the title “Renewal of Educational, the “Classical Revival,” the “Homeschool Movement,” or another designation, the urgent mission to restore the standards of learning once common in Western Culture generates a palpable … Read more
April showers bring May flowers, but the month of May launches the Season of Festivities, especially graduations and weddings. And these festivities generally have a formal entry and exit that require music! For such occasions, iconic works like Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstances No. 1 and … Read more
Songs My Mother Taught Me. Antonín Dvořák’s Songs My Mother Taught Me filled my mind while reviving a talk on Czech culture ten days ago intended for my group of travelers in Prague. That talk comes at the end of route I particularly love called … Read more