En Ven Er En Der Kan Li' Dig, by Joan Walsh Anglund. A...Dutch, is it?...book with wonderful illustrations.
My litmus test for deciding if a book is in Dutch or German....If it looks like German, but I can't understand it, it's Dutch. This works most of the time.
24.2.07
Martian Landscapes
Wow. The sky is red from all this West Texas dirt that's blown in. I feel like reading some Bradbury. If anybody out there has a picture of this dust storm, shoot me a copy and I'll post it.
The Psychology of Arithmetic
The Psychology of Arithmetic, by Edward Thorndike, 1923
This is evidently a book on the psychology of teaching arithmetic, not on the inner motivations of the numbers themselves. A quick perusal of the text turned up this gem of a line:
They just don't write 'em like that anymore.
This is evidently a book on the psychology of teaching arithmetic, not on the inner motivations of the numbers themselves. A quick perusal of the text turned up this gem of a line:
What armament of satisfiers and annoyers, of positive and negative interests and
motives, stands ready for use in the formation of the intrinsically uninteresting connections between black marks and meanings, numerical exercises and their answers, words and their spelling, and the like? School practice has tried, more or less at random, incentives and deterrents from quasi-physical pain to the most sentimental fondling, from sheer cajolery to philosophical argument, from appeals to assumed savage and primitive traits to appeals to the interest in automobiles, flying-machines, and wireless telegraphy.
They just don't write 'em like that anymore.
Back from Tibet
Greetings and Salutations!
It's been a while since I've been able to blog, but hopefully there will be a bit more time for such things in the future (Ha; I've said that before.).
We now are carrying pinon nut coffee and chocolates. This is the best coffee I've ever tasted, period, and I'm excited to finally carry this company's products. I brew a pot daily, so feel free to drop in for a quick cuppa. Fair warning, though--I brew it strong enough to mule kick.
The 2007 Penny for Your Thoughts lectures were kicked off by Dr. Christopher in January. In case you're new to the Lion, this is a free series of talks given on subjects ranging from poetry to science and everything in between. The next talk will be given by Dr. Marcy Tanter in March. Please check our Events listing on the website for details.
What else.... We still have an open mike poetry night the 3rd Thursday of each month. There are other groups and special events listed on the calendar.
That's all for now!
Blessings,
Sarah
It's been a while since I've been able to blog, but hopefully there will be a bit more time for such things in the future (Ha; I've said that before.).
We now are carrying pinon nut coffee and chocolates. This is the best coffee I've ever tasted, period, and I'm excited to finally carry this company's products. I brew a pot daily, so feel free to drop in for a quick cuppa. Fair warning, though--I brew it strong enough to mule kick.
The 2007 Penny for Your Thoughts lectures were kicked off by Dr. Christopher in January. In case you're new to the Lion, this is a free series of talks given on subjects ranging from poetry to science and everything in between. The next talk will be given by Dr. Marcy Tanter in March. Please check our Events listing on the website for details.
What else.... We still have an open mike poetry night the 3rd Thursday of each month. There are other groups and special events listed on the calendar.
That's all for now!
Blessings,
Sarah
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