I’ve been making things this winter.  Georgia’s hat was featured in this week’s round-up at CRAFT Magazine.  There have been requests over the intertubes for a written version of the pattern, so now I’m working one up for submission to Ravelry.
It’s been quite refreshing to put my handwork out in the world and see it [...]

A friend passed around this concise video today, and responses from friends who were watching it for the first time reminded me that not everyone has seen everything.  There’s a value in stating clearly what may seem obvious.  That’s what I’ve been coaching my high school students to do as they move from the mysterious [...]

Two friends recently expressed to me their fear of home fermentation.  In conversation with them, I realized how common, comfortable, and delightful a practice fermentation has become for me. Along with lemon-ginger tea, sauerkraut is one of the all-purpose home remedies I offer quite often to the walking wounded.
How funky is too funky?
Ultimately, the line [...]

I’m teaching two classes at the Youth Initiative High School: Middle East and the Islamic World and Physiology and Alternative Medicine.  I’m glad for the chance to spend time thinking about both subjects, and for getting the chance to guide some minds that are young enough to be both flexible and demanding.
On teaching about the [...]

As part of the website development I’m doing with two projects, I’m testing Wordpress themes and plugins.  More dish on that is coming.
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John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charlie is a voting member on the Board of Directors here.  Unlike Kerouac, Steinbeck set out as a wizened, sober man looking for an America he felt he had lost touch with and could no longer write about.  If you haven’t read Travels with Charlie, I recommend it.  The only thing wrong [...]