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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Sunday Driving
We opted to avoid I-94 on our trip west from Milwaukee to Delafield on an errand this afternoon. Instead we drove county highways and frontage roads, one of which took us past Crites Field, the Waukesha County airport. And just … Continue reading
Ghost Moon (photo)
Seen on my way to the Starbucks at Red Arrow Park in downtown Milwaukee this morning, looking west on State Street. And below is the cropped image I was sort of aiming for. I don’t know if the photo will stick here … Continue reading
Posted in Milwaukee, Nature
Tagged daytime moon, Downtown Milwaukee, moon, moon over office buildings, moon photo, Red Arrow Park, Starbucks
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Sustainability As Flourishing
Originally posted on The Purpose of Work:
This is a remarkable book, and fascinating from a Bahá’í perspective. Remarkable in that it’s a radical critique of sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility programmes – and, more widely, of 21st century capitalism…
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Report: Children in Appalachia worse off
Although scenes of Appalachian poverty were familiar in the 1960s, for years now the rural poor seem to have been forgotten by politicians and mainstream media.
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The Northern Soul Project – Some Background (post #2)
To recap: I stumbled across the term “Northern Soul” a week ago while trying to see if the Dusty Springfield part of the Pet Shop Boys’ “What Have I Done to Deserve This,” was actually one of her old songs. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Learning, Life, Movies and film, WPLongform (posts of 1000 words or longer)
Tagged "Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend", #NorthernSoul, blues music, Keith Richards, Keith Richards "Life", learning, Manchester, Mick Jagger, Motown, music, Northern soul, R&B, The Twisted Wheel, Titter hastags, Wigan Casino
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The Northern Soul Project
One of the terms in my blog’s subtitle is “Lifelong Learning.” When I started writing here a couple of years ago, I thought I’d be talking much more about that topic than I’ve turned out to, as it’s a huge … Continue reading
Posted in History, Learning, Life, Music, Popular culture, Teaching, WPLongform (posts of 1000 words or longer)
Tagged Bay City Rollers, British Commonwealth, Dusty Springfield, learning, lifelong learning, Malaysia, Northern England, Northern soul, Pet Shop Boys, pop music, Scotland, transformational learning, transformative learning
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