Open
The Poem, “Living Wide Open” by Dawna Markova has been my mantra for the past few months. I painted this picture in honor of the poem.
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Insufficient Funds
I’m hardly the first person to post about the Fiftieth Anniversary of the March on Washington or Dr. King’s famous speech today. It’s late in the evening on August 28, 2013 as I sit and draft this post and I am sure that thousands of …
Reimagine Teenagers as Artist Activists – Penumbra Theatre Summer Institute
Last weekend Richard and I were able to see the second year performance from the Penumbra Summer Institute. I love living so close to Penumbra, we have seen great shows there. Here’s how the program is described on Penumbra’s page: Summer Institute is a three …
Reimagine A Brick Wall
A short post today, to share a fun event that happened at church last week. The Central Identity Project is a collaboration between artist Greta McLain and Minneapolis Community Education, throughout the summer they’ve been taking the mural to different spots within the Central Neighborhood …
“Smart simply means you’re ready to learn”
STEM education has arisen as a national priority in the U.S., as it has become increasingly apparent that U.S. students are not advancing in math and science at the same pace as in other countries. In fact, recent studies show that: In the 2006 Programme …
Building a Multi-Ethnic Children’s Library – Ezra Jack Keats – Plus Complaints About Weather
It is April 22, and here in Saint Paul we are in the middle of a snowstorm – we are expected to get 2-4 inches tonight. This is the third snow storm in a week and even Minnesota has had enough. There is a warning …
Lectionary Sunday – Tabitha – Acts 9:36-43
36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room. (read more) Tabitha is a fascinating, …
Bee Bim Bop! – Building a Multi-Ethnic Children’s Library
Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park. Bee-Bim Bop! is so cute. The rhymes are fun and rhytmic, and Ho Baek Lee’s illustrations are sweet and playful. The book tells the story of a child and mother preparing bee-bim bop, or bibim bop a Korean dish …
Motivation
I watched this Ted Talk, from Dan Ariely at TedX Río de la Plata twice this weekend. I was so mesmerized by his description of motivation that I needed to watch a second time so that I could internalize some of it. Ariely studies what behaviors …
“Ethnic” Books – Please, Baby, Please
I need a new title for this series, I HATE writing “Ethnic” everyone is “ethnic.” I don’t want to call in minority, or multi-cultural or … any suggestions? :All this springs from an article I came across and posted about a few days ago that …