The other morning my daughter, who is nine (and is biologically and by choice a night owl) was having her typical trouble getting up and ready for school. She insisted on clinging to me in the name of being cold, to which I said — “Get up! Get dressed! Dressing is a warming!”
She didn’t miss [...]
On capturing the full scope of an evanescent vapor. With an audio recorder.
Domesticity and Home Part II
McKeon, Michael. The Secret History of Domesticity: Public, Private, and the Division of Knowledge.” Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
I was very excited and somewhat saddened to find this book. Excited, because it seems to be in the vein of thought that I am searching for; and saddened because, original contribution being a thing [...]
Language Makes You Go Hmmm
Have you ever wondered why our language has so many words that have multiple meanings? Think about the word objective:
(of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering or representing facts
(noun) thing aimed at or sought; a goal
One moment I could say, “Let’s be objective here,” and the next [...]