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A Well-Remembered Party
Today is September 22, which is (of course) a Baggins of a birthday. Here’s the clip from the extended version of Peter Jackson’s rendition of the evening in The Fellowship of the Ring. And here’s some recent news posted at … Continue reading
Spring Breaking
This has been something of an odd spring break. It started a bit early, right at two weeks ago, with the arrival of a few-days-late, multi-wave storm. And so most of the first week of break involved lots of overcast … Continue reading
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AI on My Mind
I’ve been thinking a lot about AI for a while now, more out of necessity than anything else. And it’s mostly professional: both as a teacher amongst teachers and as a teacher amongst students. AI is, of course, the hottest … Continue reading
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A Brief Word on Fantasy Literature
I’m looking forward to reading Francis Spufford’s upcoming novel, Nonesuch. In connection with the book release, Spufford has written a little piece about the enduring popularity of fantasy literature (and the many reasons we engage it). Here’s how the piece … Continue reading
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Sunday’s Best: Snow Humor
A handful of great strips this chilly-for-Hawaii Sunday morning! Today’s WuMo takes an interesting approach to public transportation that almost makes some sense. (Believe me, I’ve been on buses that felt they were going for something like this- both exhilarating … Continue reading
Sunday’s Best: What Dreams May Come?
I recently finished A Pilgrimage into Letting Go by Andrew and Kara Root. It’s an interesting gloss on Hartmut Rosa’s thinking about the (un)controllability of the world. Today’s Sunday-sized Frazz has some nice overlap with Rosa’s thinking, too.
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Maintenance Work
Week two of fall break has felt significantly different than week one. Week on was full of movies; week two has been full of board/dice games. Week one was about wrapping up the first quarter; week two has been about … Continue reading
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Just As I Am [October 6, 2025]
And so fall break begins, not with a bang but with a . . . drizzle? (And a not unwelcome one at that.) Today marks the first full day of fall break, which isn’t totally accurate because an odd overlap … Continue reading
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On Reading
I suppose that writing and reading advice can be found just about anywhere these days (assuming that you can’t get something else to read or write for you, which is more likely the case). So it’s a rare pleasure to … Continue reading
By the Book
Today’s post by Seth Godin is short and really sweet. I like the comparison/contrast he pulls off with both ends of a book: the table of contents and the index (and I’m kind of surprised I’ve not seen it before). … Continue reading
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