tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post631985863727405987..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Algorithms for Algernondoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-25883282844342401302010-02-12T12:31:45.311-05:002010-02-12T12:31:45.311-05:00Quite a lovely post. I'd like to chat by email...Quite a lovely post. I'd like to chat by email, but don't seem to have yours. I am suevanhattum on hotmail.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-30183121674544006922010-02-11T16:19:44.510-05:002010-02-11T16:19:44.510-05:00One of the most refreshing versions I've read ...One of the most refreshing versions I've read of the New Testament used the original Greek words (The Unvarnished New Testament). Spirit was "breath." Heaven was "clouds." It didn't become less spiritual for me, but quite the opposite. The Gospels became so much more relevant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-78194299410286397112010-02-11T15:45:37.379-05:002010-02-11T15:45:37.379-05:00Dear John,
Once again I may have been influenced ...Dear John,<br /><br />Once again I may have been influenced by your words--I saw your comment about the front porch. To be fair, though, Thomas Hardy's 19th century worldview is similar to <a href="http://pencilintegration.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tom Johnson's Adventures in Pencil Integration.</a><br /><br />I had thrown a line about the Bible with its flaws reflecting its human wisdom (along with its--paradoxically--strong ties to the natural world); the closest thing to cycles and paganism now is found within church walls.<br /><br />The child who listens to trees deserves to be heard. I wonder if she'll still believe trees can talk when she's a grandmother. We need more grandmothers who can hear the trees.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-75724584790038739522010-02-11T15:33:52.152-05:002010-02-11T15:33:52.152-05:00Dear Tom,
I have Paul Goodman's stories sitti...Dear Tom,<br /><br />I have Paul Goodman's stories sitting on the dining room table, and I was just pondering grace and such, and now a brief (but pithy) comment from the same man who shared Mr. Goodman's words.<br /><br />Not sure how to get it to you, but if you're ever in the Cape May area, even if it's just to catch a ferry to Delaware, I can toss a bottle or two your way. (They're small bottles.)<br /><br />The blueberry will likely be all drunk up by June, but I've got an early peach melomel bubbling away in the kitchen right now that smells like it's going to be a good one.<br /><br />All depends on whether the mead faerie blesses it....doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-56907700547576537722010-02-11T15:29:31.066-05:002010-02-11T15:29:31.066-05:00I love this post!
Today on Twitter I wrote that ...I love this post! <br /><br />Today on Twitter I wrote that "social networks are not new. They used to be called front porches." <br /><br />The fact that I used Twitter to tell people this thought suggests I am a hypocrite or perhaps I am still a Luddite and the common space we share is digital. The latter makes me a hypocrite and the former makes me a rebel (Or is it the other way around? I can never keep those straight and I'm not sure I need Google to correct me, either)<br /><br />My children (at home) will grow up to see life cycles. My son wept when we had to chop down a tree. He's at an age of animism and on some level, I don't want him to ever grow out of it, just expand it a bit more to allow for paradox. <br /><br />A child last year told me that she believes trees can talk, but that they speak so slowly that you can only hear them if you're completely still. She says their conversations last years and we're like a house fly to them. She told me that she didn't believe a person could respect humanity until we had a more humble view of it. <br /><br />I give my students credit for being better scientists than I was at their age. The danger in white noise is that it feels comfortable and normal. The salvation of this is in the fact that rebellion often means abandoning the comfort for questions. Last week a student wrote a great little essay on why 2012 won't be a disaster. <br /><br />So, like you, I'm meandering around, writing this as much for me as for you. Thanks for the thought-provoking post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-87585721323254554802010-02-11T15:24:40.731-05:002010-02-11T15:24:40.731-05:00mmm... mead.mmm... mead.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.com