The COMMONPLACE was a fixture of Renaissance education, a notebook in which students transcribed memorable passages encountered in their wide reading. ■ FAIRY TALES {Chesterton} ■ INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL {Berry} ■ HEN’S PACE {Benton} ■ CHASING HATS {Chesterton} ■ MORAL BOOKS {Chesterton} ■ THE THREE R’S {Paterson} ■ JAM AND SHAKESPEARE {Tudor} ■ HINTS AND SYMBOLS {Waugh and Lewis} ■ DAILY BEAUTY {Benton} ■ QUESTIONS {Salten} ■ THE TEACHER {Gibran} ■ PASSIVE TOYS {Gerber} ■ TIME TO GROW {Clouder} ■ MILK AND HONEY {Fromm} ■ STRUCTURED LEARNING {Holt} ■ LIVING ARROWS {Gilbran} ■ FIREWORKS {Struther} ■ MIRACLES {Mason} ■ A FAR GRANDER MARVEL {Robinson} ■ EDUCATION IS FAITH {Fromm} ■ HONOR {Robinson} ■ GIVING {Fromm & Gibran} ■

Join me for the thrice-weekly adventure of my office COMMUTE by bicycle. There will be laughter and groaning, and early mornings. ■ BEGINNING ■ SHARING THE ROAD ■ THE HORNIT ■ EXCUSE ME ■ PINK BEGONIAS ■ CHRISTMAS ■ SPRING ■ KIND PEOPLE ■

DAYS OF CREATION ■ DAYS OF CREATION 1 ■

One of my hundred goals is to finally hike all the EVERGLADE TRAILS and  to document these family hikes through words and photos. ■ CHRISTIAN POINT TRAIL ■ SNAKE BIGHT TRAIL ■

Here are a few book and tea pairings for the season: nourishing LEAVES for the mind and for the body. ■ SUMMER LEAVES ■ AUTUMN LEAVES ■

Here are lists of the books, music, lectures, movies, and questions that occupy my ever-changing MENTAL LANDSCAPE. It is for me an exercise in discernment, a record of where I am finding my mind-food, the new ideas that shape the way I think. ■ MENTAL LANDSCAPE NO. 1 ■

I am posting my notes for our CM group study of the book WHEN CHILDREN LOVE TO LEARN. DISCUSSION 1 ■ 2 ■ 3 ■

In preparing to lead a discussion of Bestvater’s seminal book, The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks with Charlotte Mason, I created these notes relating the use of notebooks to Mason’s twenty principles of education. Here are the 20 PRINCIPLES: NOTEBOOK EDITION. INTRODUCTION ■ PRINCIPLE 1 ■ 2 ■ 3, 4, 5 ■ 6 ■ 7 ■ 8 ■ 9 ■ 10 ■ 11, 12 ■ 13 ■ 14 ■ 15 ■ 16, 17, 18 ■ 19 ■ 20 ■

I am posting my personal study notes for Alfie Kohn’s PUNISHED BY REWARDS, which addresses the problems of pop behaviorism in the workplace, school and home. ■ PREFACE ■ CHAPTER 1 ■ 2 ■ 3 ■ 4 ■ 5 ■ 6 ■ 7 ■ 8 ■ 9 ■ 10 ■ 11 ■ 12 ■ APPENDIX A ■ B ■ C ■

I love browsing through other people’s books, so here you go: a look at my SHELF. ■ EDUCATION ■ POETRY & SONG ■ FOOD & HEALTH ■

I am doing New Year’s resolutions differently in the YEAR 2014. Check here for the goals and accomplishments of each month. ■ JANUARY 2014 ■ FEBRUARY 2014 ■ MARCH 2014 ■ APRIL 2014 ■ MAY 2014 ■ JUNE 2014 ■ JULY 2014 ■ AUGUST 2014 ■ SEPTEMBER 2014 ■ OCTOBER 2014 ■ NOVEMBER 2014 ■ DECEMBER 2014 ■ 15 FOR 2015

LANGUAGE ■ FIRST BOOKS ■ GREATEST DRAGON STORY ■ ONE HUNDRED POEMS AND PASSAGES ■ DISCUSSING ‘LANGUAGE OF BEAUTY’ ■

1. LATIN ■ LATINA CHRISTIANA ■ AMICI LATINAE ■ GAUDEAMUS IGITUR ■ INTRODUCTORY LATIN ■ SALVE, AMICUS ■
   
   

2. NOVEL REVIEW ■ THE ENCHANTED BARN ■ THE SILMARILLION ■
   

1. OTHER BOOK REVIEWS ■ THE LIVING PAGE ■ RULE OF ST. BENEDICT ■ WHAT DO I DO MONDAY? ■ AUTUMN LEAVES ■ ONLY THE LOVER SINGS ■
   

1. PICTURE BOOK REVIEW ■ THE MINSTREL AND THE DRAGON PUP ■ IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE ■ WHITEFOOT ■
   

1. POETRY REVIEW ■ A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES ■ BELLS AND GRASS ■ BEOWULF ■ BLUE IRIS ■ SONGS OF CHILDHOOD ■ THE GOLDEN TREASURY ■ OLD LOVES AND WARS ■ LA CHANSON DE ROLAND ■ ¡PÍO PEEP! ■ HOUSE OF POSSIBILITY ■ PLATERO Y YO / PLATERO AND I ■
   

HISTORY ■ WHY I LOVE PLUTARCH ■ PIPPIN’S GIDEON NARRATION ■ OUR ISLAND STORY ■

ART ■ THE STORY OF ART ■ WHY BEAUTY MATTERS ■ FRAGMENTS FROM THE STORY OF ART ■ YOUTUBE AS HIGH CULTURE ■ LOOKING AT PICASSO WITH MY BROTHERS ■

1. DANCE ■ WHY DANCE? ■ FOLK DANCE {AUTUMN 2014} ■ STEPS ALONG THE WAY ■ CANDADO
   

1. DRAMA ■ THE FLORIST SHOP ■ SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER ■ GETTING OUR ACT TOGETHER ■ A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM ■
   

1. MUSIC ■ MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE MUSIC FOR RECORDER ■ HAYDN’S CREATION ■ CHILDREN’S SUITE AFTER WALTER DE LA MARE ■ MUSIC IN SOLANO GROVE ■ KING OF COOL ■ PACHELBEL’S GREATEST HIT ■ THE DEBUT ■ MUSIC FOR BRUNELLESCHI’S DOME ■ BARBARA FURTUNA ■
   
   

2. CONCERTS ■ RAVEL AND CHOPIN CONCERT ■ MARCH MADNESS ■ GARDEN MUSIC FESTIVAL ■ JORDI SAVALL CONCERT ■ LITTLE SPARROW CONCERT ■ HANDEL’S MESSIAH ■
   

DOMESTICITY ■ SUMMER DAYS ■ CIRCULAR TEMPERAMENT ■ GOOD CLEAN AIR ■ PRACTICING GOD’S PRESENCE ■ DOMESTIC ARITHMETIC ■ THE SURVIVAL PLAN ■ GOOD DAY ■ PUT IT ON THE LIST ■ SHE MADE HER BED ■ ON A SUMMER DAY ■

1. BODY ■ DRY BRUSH THERAPY ■ A NEW BEAUTY ROUTINE ■
   

1. FOOD ■ DEVIL IN THE MILK ■ FOLATE AND FOLIC ACID ■ GOURMET COUNTRY SUMMER ■ PROTEIN FOR BREAKFAST ■
   

1. HERBS ■ HERBS FOR DIAPER RASH ■ KITCHEN APOTHECARY WORKSHOP ■ ELDERBERRY SYRUP ■ GINGER CAPSULES ■ CHILDREN’S CALCIUM TEA ■ ECHINACEA TINCTURE ■ NO MYTHICAL BULLET ■ GARLIC LEMONADE ■ BLOOMIN’ BELLY BUTTER ■ ECHINACEA ROOT DECOCTION ■ CHAMOMILE GLYCERITE ■ NETTLE TONIC INFUSION ■
   

1. HOSPITALITY ■ NEW YEAR’S LUNCHEON ■ RESURRECTION LUNCHEON ■ RESURRECTION LUNCHEON II ■
   

MISCELLANEOUS ■ WELCOME ■ IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU ■ SUMMER BIRDS ■ DELIGHT OF HABIT ■ SOUL’S BLOOD ■ THIS SUMMER ■ FIRE AND WATER ■ ONE HUNDRED GOALS ■ A CRAZY THING CALLED LOVE ■ I’M STILL ME ■ THE IRONY ■ TWO SPRINGS FORWARD ■ LOVE TO DO ■ EARTH DAY 2014 ■ IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE ■ PINK HAIR ■ NO FORMULA ■ MANICURED ■ NEW YEAR ■ WIT TO WIN ■ PLUVIOPHILE PASTIMES ■ LA FIN DE L’ÉTÉ ■ A LISTENING SILENCE ■ ANYTHING ■ A CHANCE FOR JOY ■ POIFUME ■ IN THE SUMMERTIME ■ QUARTER CENTURY ■

1. EDUCATION {GENERAL} ■ I AM. I OUGHT. I CAN. I WILL. ■ THE GOING GETS TOUGH ■ CLASS IB OBJECTIVES ■ TEACHING A SELECTIVE MUTE TO READ ■ COME WITH ME ■ SCHOOL SCHEDULE {GRADES 1-3} ■ EDUCATION IS AN ATMOSPHERE ■ A RIGHT START ■ LARK RISE ■