A Resource for Curating Books that are True, Good, and Beautiful
As “classical education” becomes more of a buzzword, there is yet more discussion of “the good, the true, and the beautiful.” As […]
Living the examined life
Living the examined life
An occasional series on beautiful works of literature for young and old
As “classical education” becomes more of a buzzword, there is yet more discussion of “the good, the true, and the beautiful.” As […]
We tend to think of reading to children in utilitarian terms: better SAT scores and verbal skills, improved abstract thinking and reading […]
But to try to make others comfortable is the only way to get right comfortable ourselves, and that comes partly of not […]
What you read as a child (whether read aloud to you or read to yourself) says a lot about who you are. […]
What a happy discovery to find Stoic Simple, the work of Phil Van Treuren. I have written before about my love of […]
“Free to go where you like and do what you like.” Such a thing had never been said to them before. If […]
The source of our agitation is rarely external. We want badly to believe that someone else bears the blame for our sour […]
Free-form poetry tends to be terrible. We all know this. Same goes for meals in a state of dietary permissiveness. If you […]
How do you get kids get interested in birds? How do you spend quiet minutes scanning the trees and straining your ears […]
He did not know what fear was, and that not because he did not know danger; for he had had a severe […]