Monday, January 10, 2005THE ROD, A TOOL FOR WHIPPINGHome School Digest is a widely published magazine designed to help parents who have taken on this demanding challenge of educating their own children 24 hours a day. The magazine is filled with anecdotal stories from parents who have devised lesson plans and taken their kids on field trips, usually... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:22 PM Comments (24) (link) Sunday, January 9, 2005PUBLIC ART, PRIVATE EXPERIENCE, WHOSE EXPENSE?As I write this, THE GATES, another giant scale public art work, by the internationally known artist, Christo, assisted by his collaborator and wife Jean-Claude, is being assembled in New York's Central Park. It started last Monday when 100 workers began setting up thousands of steel bases onto the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 2:49 PM Comments (17) (link) Friday, January 7, 2005PREPARING TO LEAVEJohn Marshall is my boss. He's also a documentary filmmaker. He's a very large figure in the very small genre of ethnographic film. Books have been written about him (THE CINEMA OF JOHN MARSHALL). He's frequently cited in film studies programs as one of the most influential figures in the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:02 PM Comments (14) (link) Thursday, January 6, 2005THE COLOR OF SNOWThis is our first winter in our new digs. Same densely populated urban area, but a new location, on top of a hill, across from the largest open, natural, public space in the city. The complex is a private group of townhouses that face a delightful inner courtyard of brick pathways, tall trees (some... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:20 PM Comments (15) (link) Wednesday, January 5, 2005ASKING FOR TROUBLE BUT NEEDING YOUR HELPCalling all Christians, Evangelicals, Born-Agains, and any others who profess to believe in God and who voted for Bush. I assume if you voted for Bush, you support his policies and you support those people he appoints to carry out those policies. If this is not true, if you voted for the man and not... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:20 PM Comments (13) (link) |
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