Stuff We Like :: 6.16.17

How is already the middle of June?

around the web

If you are having a rough week, I promise that the Comedy Wildlife Photography awards will make you feel a little better.

Count Olaf: evil math teacher

I read this with my teenager, and it resulted in some great conversations: You Must Understand Why You Believe What You Believe—And How You Got There

My children would never forgive me if I did not share this.

I loved this: The internet is where we share and steal the best ideas.

at home/school/life

in the magazine: Early proofs for the summer issue are on my desk right now!

on the blog: Suzanne muses fondly on the Great Brain on the prairie

one year ago: How I balance homeschooling with a full-time job

two years ago: Mindful Homeschooling: Making Our Way Through Challenging Times

reading list

My Library Chicken log for this week: Heretics!: The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy (+0 because obviously I had to own a copy of this), Passion and Affect: Stories (+1, pretty much everything by Laurie Colwin hits my sweet spot), The Song From Somewhere Else (+0, advance copy), History of the Peloponnesian War (+1, work-related), An Imaginary Life (+1, work-related—it’s historical fiction about the poet Ovid), Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (+1, work-related), and The Murderer’s Ape (+1, delightful and surprising).

My son picked up a copy of the first book in the Bakuman series (a manga about making manga), and I was pretty thrilled when he wanted to go right back to the library to get the next installment in the series. Why is it always such a relief when he voluntarily reads something?

I’m late to the party “discovering” poet Adrian Mitchell, but we all loved Come On Everybody, a collection of his poetry. (Personally, I especially loved this one and have pinned it up by my desk.)

at home

My best friend and I are teaching an awesome Classical mash-up class this fall that combines Greek and Roman history, science, philosophy, and literature, so we’ve been having lots of gelato-fueled planning meetings to get our syllabus organized. 

Mary Katrantzou’s pre-fall collection (1.) is gorgeous and (2.) has me busting out the sewing machine for a little at-home Project Runway-ing.

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