Reading the Season: Surprised by Joy
If Shakespeare and Hamlet could ever meet, it must be Shakespeare’s doing. Shakespeare could, in principle, make himself appear as …
Category Archives: Education
A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz
I’ve been following William Deresiewicz’s articles in The American Scholar for a few years. His idea of solitude has inspired …
Gifts to Myself
December 26 is Boxing Day in Canada. Like Black Friday in the US, that’s the time to pick up bargains, …
Arles: In The Steps of Van Gogh
Solution to Arti’s Cryptic Challenge #4: Arles While Paris has her cultured beauty and sophistication, I’d appreciated the change of …
eReaders, iPad, and Home Literacy
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk?” — Albert …
Top 2 Over 90
. Turning 93 this October, my Dad is one of two recipients of the ‘Lifelong Learning Award’ presented to him …
Alone Again… Unnaturally
A year ago around this time, I wrote the post ‘No Texting for Lent and The End of Solitude’. It …
Screenwriting: The Visual and the Word
My screenwriting course is wrapping up soon. For the past six months, I’ve been learning a new language, the language of …
Alaska!
Arti disappeared from Cowtown for a few days and reappeared in Ketchikan, Alaska. That’s the cause for the delay in …
bird by bird
No, not another Twitter post… It’s the book by Anne Lamott. Here’s what it’s all about: “Thirty years ago my …
The Humanities as an Endangered Species
While there are those who sense that the appreciation of literature and the humanities are slowly fading in our instant-messaging …
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
To read my Movie Review of The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson, 2009), CLICK HERE. It’s all about seeing and being seen. …
