Category Archives: unscholastic achievement

Mending Fences

Posted on August 30, 2014 by michaellangford2012

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”  Maya Angelou As an artisan, the tools and materials you work with are concrete and finite, predictable and dependable. Humans can be capricious, contradictory, vain, temperamental, and (occasionally) … Continue reading →

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The Parthenon Enigma

Posted on August 9, 2014 by michaellangford2012

“Thus, over the course of the fifth century, a new Athenian identity emerges, one carefully constructed to glorify Athens and incite fear in the hearts of its enemies.  The trappings (and overreach) of empire continued to bloat Athenian self-regard.  Still, … Continue reading →

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Learning Curves 11

Posted on July 11, 2014 by michaellangford2012

Swamped Not exactly sitting pretty, I swamped and soaked myself.  Even worse, I lost my balance getting aboard, and slammed my foot so hard into the bottom that it split the hull.  This is the sort of thing that the … Continue reading →

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Learning Curves 5

Posted on June 12, 2014 by michaellangford2012

  “The beginning of all things lies still in the beyond in the form of ideas that have yet to become real.”  I Ching, hexagram 1, The Creative We live on the upper part of Scull Creek, which flows west … Continue reading →

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kid’s workshop

Posted on March 22, 2013 by michaellangford2012

This week is spring break, and I spent three days at the public library, allowing a dozen or more kids to make things using a few hand tools and scrap lumber.  This group of second-graders started out assembling a workbench that … Continue reading →

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The Great Money Trick

Posted on September 3, 2012 by michaellangford2012

Owen opened his dinner basket and took from it two slices of bread, but, as these were not sufficient, he requested anyone who had some bread left to give it to him.  They gave him several pieces, which he placed … Continue reading →

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significant accomplishments

Posted on February 5, 2012 by michaellangford2012

“No tools will make a man a skilled workman who has not learned how to use them, and has never bestowed any attention on them…The tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price.” Socrates Significant accomplishments … Continue reading →

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