I don’t know how I got lucky enough to be a part of this project but I am surely grateful. “Over and over, we forget what being American means. The radical premise of our nation is that one people can be made from many, yet in each new generation we find reasons to limit who… Read More Hot Tamale Louie
Captain Charles Boycott was a land agent of absentee landlord Lord Erne living in Lough Mask House, County Mayo, Ireland in 1880. Harvests were poor that year and the farmers working Erne’s land were unable to afford the rent. There are vast swaths of context that I’m not including here because so many valuable resources… Read More Boycott
St. Patrick’s Day as it is observed in most American cities is a consumerist sham. Sure, it started in the early 17th century as a religious feast day honoring the death day of St. Patrick in 462 AD, but it has devolved to a level of kitsch that deters many from any desire to observe the day at all.… Read More St. Patrick’s Day 2017
Introducing Anna, my featured musician for March and April! Anna and I both have April birthdays, we both love to play fiddle and we are both devoted fans of Hamilton so we have plenty in common. Anna is an enthusiastic and creative musician who takes risks and reaps the rewards of her courage. She has so much… Read More Congratulations to Anna!
Joe and I are so grateful to everyone who came and participated in our talk Attunement; Unschooling with Autism this morning. Here are some related resources that have been very helpful for us: 1) The Sliver by Lori Pickert 2) Allowing Your Highly Sensitive Child to Shine with Unschooling by Anne Ohman Please feel free… Read More Attunement
When I was twenty, I worked in the preschool classroom of a child care center and got to know the children and families really well. Since I was known to be studying music in school, I was often asked by parents to give some early music lessons to their children or to assist with music practicing… Read More But, it isn’t.
Art Roche, Mary Denmead, William Dutcher, Zach Twardowski and Atticus Dutcher in Richard III. Photo by Andrea Wilson. I am not the only American to have spent the past week alternately devastated and enraged but I am so grateful to have also experienced flashes of true hope and deep love for how my community has responded. Between… Read More ACLU Update
We had our final rehearsal last night for our pop-up activist abridged reading of Shakespeare’s Richard III coming up on Friday and I am overwhelmed with gratitude. For Ron Clark, for bringing his lifetime of experience and leading us with his characteristic vision and deep compassion, all the while giving us hours upon hours of his… Read More RIII gratitude
Many thanks to Jeff Charis-Carlson at the Iowa City Press-Citizen for a wonderful, comprehensive article about our upcoming pop-up abridged activist reading of Shakespeare’s Richard III! From the article: Although Donald Trump won Iowa by almost 10 percentage points on Election Day, for some Iowans the upcoming presidential inauguration kicks off not a season of celebration… Read More RIII in the Press-Citizen
Tara McGovern 