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In the summer of 1741, the composer George Frideric Handel was in a tough spot. For the last number of years, the British public taste in opera was waning. Yet these were Handel's primary source of artistic

I've been reading a lot of Annie Dillard recently. If you've never read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, put it at the top of your reading list. Wisdom leaps off every page, and stalks the reader just as patiently

Jacob was a student that loved to take a classroom off course. He was as distracting as, you'll never guess what happened! The other day, my dad was pulling the car out of the garage at the same time that

The school year is just beginning for many American schools, and students and teachers alike are looking forward to a fresh start. While the rhythm of the school year brings some consistency, the landscape

I woke up this morning and went for a run, leaving while it was still dark outside. I really love the early mornings. Hardly anyone else is up, let alone out in the streets. Everything is silent and still.

We need some technical support for Streemian. Several others and I have just moved forward in the creation of @steemdeepthink, a community whose aim is to support quality content creators who write within

Several years ago, one of my students approached me asking for a letter of recommendation to add to his college application. As a high school teacher this wasn't an unusual request of me; what was unusual

With @SteemDeepThink kicking off this week, I will start off our chain of posts with some reflections on the nature of science and the humanities. Whether you agree with me or not, I hope I will have

Please disregard this post. Streemian test for SteemDeepThink - Coming Soon!

With the value of Steemit so closely tied to a subjective proof of work, it can be difficult to evaluate the current price of Steem. Is it undervalued? Overvalued? How do I know if it is worth investing

I'm really excited to be partnered with a group of people in founding the group @SteemDeepThink. We are just about ready to go live with an open invitation to the Steemit community! Our hope is to gather

There is a prose-poem I like by the Trappist monk and contemplative, Thomas Merton. It is called "Hagia Sophia" - literally, "Holy Wisdom." It opens with these lines: There is in all

It can be easy to dismiss the few cents you get as a curation reward for your upvote, but you need to remember that your cents add up! I'm not a whale or dolphin by any means. At the moment of writing

Are there certain users you want to make sure you actively support with your curation vote? For me, my home feed can cycle through new content pretty quickly, and it is easy to miss users that I want to

I thought I'd share a mini travelogue about my trip up the Albion River yesterday. The Albion River flows into the Pacific Ocean just south of Mendocino, California. The Albion is great for kayaking for

The Latin word from which we get 'educate' is educere, meaning "to draw out." Etymologically speaking, today's education system is a far cry from its roots. Rather than "drawing out"

My last post, a call to action to shape a vision for the #philosophy and #religion channels, brought up some great discussion about this Steemit world we live in. I am committed to Steemit - I have said

With Hardfork 20 on the horizon, it begs the question: Where is Steemit heading from here? As I have engaged with the Steemit community so far, I see so much potential in the site. I believe that we are

How often we miss out on the amazing things of life because of fear! We can become paralyzed with the "what if's" and choose instead to take the path of supposed safety and least resistance.

Have you ever felt like you just needed a good laugh? Tonight I desperately needed a good laugh, but I didn't even know it. My job lately has been really stressful. I work in educational administration,