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Tag Archives: life learning
March 4 photo of the day
Photographer Amy Arbus spent some of her time during the 1980′s photographing unique individuals in the East Village. Most of the time the people were not famous, but those who caught her eye and had a flair. The portraits … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Photography, Writing, blogging
Tagged Amy Arbus, Leica Gallery, life learning, march, photo of the day, photos
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March 2 photo of the day
I sort of cheated on this one. It was taken yesterday during my walk through the Village. So although it is the photo of the day, it is not a photo from today. Details. If you are familiar with New … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Photography, blogging
Tagged create, life learning, photography, the village, water tank, wood
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The Bronx
Tomorrow I start a photo project with my friend Karen, who lives in Yorkshire, England. Every day we will post a “photo of the day”, for the entire month of March. We did the same thing a few years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Photography, blogging
Tagged bronx skyline, create, flavor, life learning, nyc boroughs, photography, photos, the Bronx
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Free range in the city
Today Maya and her friends attended a Valentine’s Day dance. Most of the kids who went were either fellow homeschoolers or former homeschoolers. I suspect the age range was something like 11-18, with a handful of adults there … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Safety, Socialization
Tagged dance, family, Free Range, independent, life learning, Maya, out at night, Valentines Day
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America – beautiful in any language
Last night during the Superbowl, in case you missed it, the Coca-Cola company ran this commercial: And quite predictably, a lot of people hated it. Mostly because there is apparently a rule somewhere that songs about America cannot be sung … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, blogging
Tagged America, America the Beautiful, Coca-Cola, Coke Super Bowl ad, diversity, family, life learning, Superbowl ad, unschooling
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Belated thanks, for the music and memories
We were out of town last week when I got word that Pete Seeger had died. At 94, this should not have come as a great shock, but it did anyway, because two months earlier he’d been leading all … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning
Tagged Arlo Guthrie, Carnegie Hall, family, life learning, Pete Seeger, Singing along
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It was a very good year
Someone I know recently posted the following link on Facebook: It’s a great clip. Emma Thompson (who has definitely been the highlight of the awards shows THIS year just by being her outrageous, humorous self) is funny and wonderful, but … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Movies, Unschooling, blogging
Tagged 12 Years a Slave, 1995, 1996 Golden Globes, American Hustle, August: Osage County, Braveheart, Dead Man Walking, Disney, Emma Thompson, Frozen, Get Shorty, Her, life learning, movies, Mr. Holland's Opus, Nebraska, Philomena, Pulitzer, Sense & Sensibility, The American President, Tracy Letts
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“It’s not funny, it’s art”
Any fans of the film “Love Actually” will recognize the title of this post as one of the best lines in the film (in my opinion) spoken by gallery owner Mark – played by Andrew Lincoln of current “Walking Dead” … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Photography, blogging
Tagged 30 Rock, art, create, icp, lewis hine, life learning, Liz Lemon, Love Actually, Parks & Rec, philadelphia, photography, photos, portraiture, whitney museum, zoe strauss
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“It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)” – REM
Lately there has been a spate of posts and articles about how smartphones are destroying our society. They are causing people to disconnect and to lose the ability to connect with other human beings, at least in person. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Learning, Life Learning, Socialization
Tagged common courtesy, family, life learning, parenting, REM, smartphone addiction, smartphones, snapchat, the end of the world as we know it
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The bubble experiment is a bust
Way back when we were still sort of working with a curriculum, Maya and I would periodically try a “science” experiment. We had – and probably still do have, if I look in the far reaches of my closet – … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Homeschooling, Learning, Photography
Tagged bubble solution, bubbles, edison, family, frozen bubbles, life learning, lightbulbs, science, science experiments, unschooling
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