It’s sunflower season. Field 5 .1 miles north east of Lawrence on Hi-way 24/40 – about halfway to Tonganoxie from Larryville on west side of road. I put the roadsigns below – but the field of yellow is hard to…
Beloit College Mindset list.
The Beloit College Mindset list came out this week. Find it here or find some discussion why it’s relevant here. In it teachers are reminded that most freshman this semester were born in 1992, and their cultural references differ from…
Persied meteor shower?
Last night Perseid Meteor shower reached its peak, and we bundled up the family on a picture quest. My wife captured the moon over KU campus with 3 planets aligned – Mars, Venus and Saturn – over the top. We…
Andragogy – Teaching theory
Many education professors have recommended “A Teacher’s Dozen” Fourteen General, research-based Principles for Improving Higher Learning in Our Classrooms by Thomas Angelo. You can find the PDF free here. It might be more beneficial to require students to read it…
Wild Fruit
Wild plums are in season, and while I like the idea of wild fruit (they tend to be loaded with anti-oxidants) I haven’t decided what to do with these. Most that we picked were under-ripe, because the ripe fruit falls…
audience and voice: this blog
Just checked google analytics to see how much traffic this blog gets and from where. Interestingly, the summer has seen an increase in traffic, and though we’ve always gotten a strong following from Alaska – China has come on lately…
Day trips: the Nelson
Recognize the Day lilies at the right? They c0mprise less than 10 % of the space of one of my favorite paintings by arguably the greatest painter of the 20th century. The portrait (?) is a contemporary interpretation of a…
Taste test: Lilies
I’ve eaten lilies in soups, but only recently learned those same lilies grew almost wild. The same lilies you find around old farms and homesteads are tasty – and a surprising number of sites offer recipes, advice and information.Some say…
Critiquing layout and design: Message fail?
This billboard faces the east-bound lane of I-70 just outside of Topeka, KS. My wife and I used to look forward to the last image on this board – it said, “Superpower your baby” and had a badly photoshopped greased/…
food: Korean
One of the best parts of any trip through Springfield MO is a stop Golden Korean Restaurant (map). Korean meals come with the traditional 5-6 small dishes that make the experience fun. The soft tofu soup (with a raw egg…