Don’t dither.

In many ways, I left America to cut myself off from daily unproductive habits. Ran across this quote the other day.  Sort of sums up what I have been thinking. “Time in the wild reminds me of how much of what I ordinarily do is mere dithering, how much of what I...

A friend in Athens…

My family and I have been in Athens, Greece now for a little over a week.  We have never lived in a city this large (over 4 million people) and we have much to learn.  So far, we have adapted well and are really enjoying our time here. A friend of mine, David Durham...

Large-scale education

“Our current system of teaching kids to sit in straight rows and obey instructions isn’t a coincidence—it was an investment in our economic future. The plan: trade short-term child-labor wages for longer-term productivity by giving kids a head start in doing...

Caesar’s Gallic Bore

The other day, this comment popped up on my YouTube account: “I’m currently in my second year of Latin and so far I know a lot about the Romans slaughtering the Gauls…annnd beautiful words such as caedis and occiderunt :)” In case you are...

In Athens

I have quite a bit of catching up to do.  If you are waiting for an email from me, you will hear from me soon.  You have not been forgotten.  🙂 Turns out, I am not a very good travel writer.  I always thought I could do it.  Now,  I am not so sure. Before leaving...