TRILOBITES
Taking the Pulse of a Sandstone Tower in Utah
Castleton Tower, near Moab, pulsates at about the rate of a human heartbeat as it taps into the earth’s natural vibrations.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Monday, September 2, 2019
Adopt-a-Spot
Friday, August 30. 3 pm. Beautiful weather, 80 degrees F. Altocumulus clouds, no rain forecasted. Little breeze.
Quietly sitting on deck listening to at least three kinds of bugs. Best guess is grasshoppers to left, crickets to right, and something that sounds like a cicada in patch of woods. Are there even cicadas in Vermont? Along with observing weather lore, I recall something about crickets telling the temperature. Count number of chirps in 14 seconds and add 40. To be accurate, the crickets would need to make 40 chirps in 14 seconds!
On the deck, the temperature is nice. Not too humid today. Teddie is lying downing the sun which means too hot to chase the ball.
No trees in the wood patch are changing color yet although some maples on the way to school have started (August 26). The sappy white pine closest to the house dropped all of its brown needles last week.
The intertwined maple and pine trees sway with the breeze. Both look green and super healthy. The pine doesn’t have long fingers are the end of the branches that indicate new growth.
Lilac leaves are green. No flowers, they have been long gone since June? They’re the first flowers during spring. Brown leaves are beginning to accumulate on ground below.
The honeysuckle is beginning to look dried out. The berries are gone. Like the lilacs, mostly green leaves. Some are yellow/brown-snapped branches or dried out?
Quietly sitting on deck listening to at least three kinds of bugs. Best guess is grasshoppers to left, crickets to right, and something that sounds like a cicada in patch of woods. Are there even cicadas in Vermont? Along with observing weather lore, I recall something about crickets telling the temperature. Count number of chirps in 14 seconds and add 40. To be accurate, the crickets would need to make 40 chirps in 14 seconds!
On the deck, the temperature is nice. Not too humid today. Teddie is lying downing the sun which means too hot to chase the ball.
No trees in the wood patch are changing color yet although some maples on the way to school have started (August 26). The sappy white pine closest to the house dropped all of its brown needles last week.
The intertwined maple and pine trees sway with the breeze. Both look green and super healthy. The pine doesn’t have long fingers are the end of the branches that indicate new growth.
Lilac leaves are green. No flowers, they have been long gone since June? They’re the first flowers during spring. Brown leaves are beginning to accumulate on ground below.
The honeysuckle is beginning to look dried out. The berries are gone. Like the lilacs, mostly green leaves. Some are yellow/brown-snapped branches or dried out?
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Friday, February 3, 2012
Facebook is Addictive?
Social Media and Email Are More Addictive Than Alcohol and Cigarettes
If, like mine, your partner thinks you have a problem because you check social media and email too often, it turns out they might be right. A new study suggests that checking our phones and computers is more addictive than alcohol and cigarettes.
If, like mine, your partner thinks you have a problem because you check social media and email too often, it turns out they might be right. A new study suggests that checking our phones and computers is more addictive than alcohol and cigarettes.More here
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Teaching Metaphor/Simile
Six days after being discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps, I found myself in a high school classroom for the first time in years. The first difficulty was putting together a suitable outfit to wear since I was accustomed to wearing a uniform. My simile for teaching back then was as a Drill Instructor. I wanted those squirrelly students in rows, sitting at attention, displaying perfect behavior. I marched up and down the aisles, ensuring a regimented routine at all times. My students enjoyed me barking orders, and even better, were inspired to learn by listening to a Drill Instructor command their every movement and thought.
Thankfully, for all the students that followed, this class taught me this was the worst possible way to go about managing a classroom. I've tried on many hats over the years, and if pressed to define my current metaphor for teaching, it would be a question mark-the symbol of Inquiry. Asking questions and helping folks find answers is a very rewarding.
Thankfully, for all the students that followed, this class taught me this was the worst possible way to go about managing a classroom. I've tried on many hats over the years, and if pressed to define my current metaphor for teaching, it would be a question mark-the symbol of Inquiry. Asking questions and helping folks find answers is a very rewarding.
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