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Educational Philosophy, Home Education, Other Thoughts
Review: PianoPhonics

It will be one year next month that we commenced using PianoPhonics. There are a number of reasons why I chose this curriculum, and I intend to juxtapose those reasons with the results I’m seeing. This seems to me the best way to communicate whether PianoPhonics is meeting my requirements, and will also allow those of you who have inquired (you know who you are!) to see whether it will fit your own situation. It could be, after all, that Continue Reading…
December 8, 2011
Book Club: Poetic Knowledge {Chapter 2, Part 1}

Music, along with art, is the emblematic dispensable subject of our age. I live in California {as if you didn’t know}, the State with the Constant Budget Crisis. Whenever a person with a bit of sense suggests that maybe we should cut some spending and try something revolutionary–such as living within our means as decent people do–the teacher’s union cries foul and declares that children will have no art and no music. Boo hoo. Music costs money {so the thinking goes} Continue Reading…
April 12, 2011
Backyard Concerts: WOW!

So it has been almost two weeks since our backyard concert by The Wintons, and I am still impressed. I don’t know what I expected. On the one hand, I knew they were real professionals, with their own CD even. On the other hand, the concert was in my backyard. With the weeds. And the ducks. Did I mention the weeds? And so on. So I guess I expected it to be fine, and a lot of fun, and nice Continue Reading…
July 27, 2010
Good News: The Sander Broke

Just when you think you’re on schedule, you find that you’re not, if you know what I mean. I really thought I’d have one side of everything primered by about now, but instead I am waiting for a replacement sander, after spending an hour or two this morning sanding by hand. Of course, the time I’m spending not sanding needs to be spent in some other way, and what better way than planning a concert? That’s right, The Wintons are Continue Reading…
July 8, 2010