Okay. Epiphany might be a slight overstatement. But I was thinking last night as I brushed my teeth and pondered the math homework my daughter worked on that evening, what is this good for? What does school prepare you for, really? And I thought about its inefficiency. How many things take longer due to theContinue reading “Epiphany on schooling”
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A world of possibilities
My father-in-law is a wise man. During the years that I have known him, he has said many things that I take as words to live by. He phoned last night to ask how the interview went, and we talked a little about my fears of whether I do or do not get the job.Continue reading “A world of possibilities”
Confessions of a Reading Addict
I have been reading a lot in the past year. And I don’t mean the leisurely kind of reading, where you read to go to sleep at night (although I do that too). I read whenever I can. I read on the metro. I read on my breaks. I ignore my coworkers at lunch soContinue reading “Confessions of a Reading Addict”
The wisdom of age
My mother recently made the momentous (and in her case split second) decision to retire, move across the country to live in the city we are living in, and buy a building that is big enough for all of us. Yep. ‘Cause that is just the way she does things. There’s no humming or hawing,Continue reading “The wisdom of age”
Lina Branter 