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Category Archives: liberal education works
Liberal Education Works: Volume 20 (Fence Building)
My chief regret this summer is that I found no time to pack in another Dickens novel. Nothing says summer better than packing in a Dicken’s novel. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve read a Dickens novel … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, De Partibius Animalium, farmer's jack, Fence building, quickrete
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What Teachers Do During the Summer: Liberal Education Works Vol. 19
Ahhhh Summer 2018! Another opportunity to manifest the diversity of powers that lie latent in the liberally educated soul. Another opportunity to demonstrate the dominance of the immaterial spirit over the merely material realm in which the liberally educated soul … Continue reading
Liberal Education Works Vol:18
I have a soft spot in my heart for the Wall Street Journal. Why? Well it’s simple. Some decision maker at the Journal has a predilection for classical studies. There is a calendar on the wall in their editorial headquarters … Continue reading
Christmas 2017: Feast Edition!
Although Christmas day itself has passed, nonetheless the Church insists that we keep up the celebration! As obedient sons and daughters, ours is the task to celebrate the feast as heartily as possible for as long as we can – … Continue reading
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Tagged Brussells Sprouts, butterfly Roast, Enstroms Toffee, Gargonzola, Gruyere, Pancetta
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What I Did on My Summer Vacation
I have often repeated the words of a wise teacher, who has now passed on from this dusty earth straight to heaven. (nonetheless I will still continue to send prayers up for his soul in grateful memory of the benefits … Continue reading
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Tagged Beadboard, beauty, education, John Schmitt, Marcus Berquist
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Concrete Thoughts
Liberal education works! I have been thinking about this for several weeks as I renovate the second floor kid’s bathroom, and the thought provides me with no end of pleasure (and humor) when I think about the two senses in which it is true. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adler, bathroom renovation, liberal education, Newman, Thales, work
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Liberal Education Works Vol: 17
Ahhhhhhhhh…..Summer 2015! And what is it that the liberally educated man does during those lazy hazy days of summer? Does he spend his summer like a Greek or a Roman? Does he sip iced tea, reading Aristotle’s Ethics reclining in a deck chair on … Continue reading
I Can See Clearly Now
Who says that the Liberal Artist isn’t practical? Who says that teaching Latin, Shakespeare and St. Thomas will not equip a man for life in this world? Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, could be further from the truth! Au contraire! You may … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Cicero, piano repair, Windshield Wipers
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Forty Days For Fermentation
As it is the first week of Lent I am congratulating myself on the steps that I have taken to prepare well for Easter. First I have made the usual meaningful but ordinary commitments towards keeping my Lenten resolutions. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged Hops, Lent, liberal education, Malt, Yeast
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Liberal Education And Piano Repair: Beware You Specialists!
You and I both know that Liberal Education is the antidote to nearly every problem in life. Liberal education is to the dry mind what balm is to cracked skin. Liberal education is to the tortured soul what Aloe Vera … Continue reading
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Tagged piano repair, Piano technician., piano tuning
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