Professor Carol
Each week I wonder what I’ll decide to write as my next blog post. Ideally, a theme moves into my thoughts by Saturday or Sunday. If not, I pray that one will float down on Monday (picture the Baroque era’s theatrical deus ex machina lobbing … Read more
After a surprisingly hot day, we’ve had a big storm here in Krakow. My hotel room lies on the top (4th) floor, tucked under the eaves. Outside my window stretch the rooftops of Old Town and, not far in the distance, the famous tower of St. … Read more
Yesterday we went up the street to inquire into membership at a fitness club. Upon entering, I initially balked at the process. To get any answers, we had to register on a computer and provide an email. Then we had to state our goals. Goals, … Read more
The cobblestones are large and uneven. They look like a randomly strewn field of stone bobble-heads. I teeter a bit, carrying bags of Lithuanian honey, chocolate, and bubbly water back to my Bed and Breakfast. Found on Expedia, this modest, squeaky clean hotel lies in … Read more
Graduations, weddings, new jobs: transition is in the air. Somehow it’s already late spring, even though a friend living in a mountain home in Colorado is still posting pictures of snowstorms on Facebook. It’s wedding season and you know what that means. Back in Bowie, … Read more
What a strange week. In addition to all kinds of disparate things going on that needed to be fixed, written, and otherwise dealt with, two different events have preoccupied me. The first, the happy one, takes place this week. In fact, it may be going … Read more
John Mackey, Asphalt Cocktail Have you ever thought of giving a musical composition to someone as a present? John Mackey’s 2009 Asphalt Cocktail came about in just such a way. An admirer of the Michigan State University Wind Ensemble and its conductor Dr. Kevin Sedatole … Read more
Quite rightly, people say, “It’s incredible what you see and do on your travels.” Especially since beginning to work as a Smithsonian speaker, it has been precisely that: incredible. The panoply of cities and countries I tour, plus the unfathomable experience of gazing upon the … Read more
A man came up to me at the Greenville, South Carolina, Great Homeschool Convention, asking this dreaded question. Actually, he said it more delicately . . . something like, “You probably won’t remember me.” The fact is, thirty years have passed since I last saw … Read more
Parents and tutors who meticulously research their Latin curricula, devise brilliant reading programs, and accumulate terrific materials for math and science may still find themselves floundering when it comes to teaching the Fine Arts. For reasons that include a lack of confidence and gaps in … Read more