My wife and tykes say I have a habit of engaging random strangers
Education and Brown Sugar
It seems inconsequential…my daughter needs brown sugar for her recipe and rushed out to get it.
What isn’t so obvious is that she needs it for an on-line school assignment that starts at a set time and will be broadcast to her teacher and peers. At this moment I am thankful to have the time and ability to rush out and get her what she needs so she’s in compliance with her school work.
But what if I weren’t here?
What if I was like the millions of people whose work or career or necessity takes them away from the home-school everyday and entrust their younglings to be accountable for all the hiccups that come in current education?
How do I convey to my children the relative privilege they enjoy because of how their family’s economy is structured?
Am I more patient with the tribulations of other families who, in spite of wanting to succeed, struggle daily with the reengineering of how we are teaching?
All from a $2.99 bag of brown sugar.
Mars
I do not fear the heavens for they are amoral. Up there we are all truly equally insignificant. Looking up I am engulfed only in wonder and awe.
Sunday Coffee
In the last 10 or so years of his life we hardly spoke a word towards one another.
He was a stubborn old man and I was a petty young one.
The sad thing that I think about today is how I have no clue if he ever had the time to enjoy a Sunday cup of coffee like I so often do.
Podcast – Comet Hunt – Hugo sacrifices sleep for a once in a lifetime Experience
Hugo has been losing sleep trying to spot a new but rare sight in the night sky. In this process he ponders his role in this world and his connection to human beings from different ages. Ultimately Hugo wants to know what experiences give you awe and to share them.
Today on the Show:
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Issacson: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Einstein/Walter-Isaacson/9780743264747
How to See NeoWise Comet: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-to-see-comet-neowise/
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July Tweets
Top Tweets July 2020
1) Swindlers and Con Artists are some of the smartest people in any given society. Their top talent is getting you to believe that they are simpletons that can be ridiculed.
2) Swindlers and Con Artists are some of the smartest people in any given society. Their top talent is getting you to believe that they are simpletons that can be ridiculed.
3) I never had the experience of driving my car onto our High School
Know his Heart – Hugo explores his latest Nightmare?
Hugo had a rough night of sleep and on dream stood out among the rest and kept him up the rest of the night. In an unusually brief Pod Hugo asks himself about fatherhood and the relationship with his son.
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Podcast: Teach the Children Well – Hugo has a lot to Pass On
From the Simpsons to 12 Angry Men who has taken over the teaching duties at Casa Torres since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Can parents like him design a curriculum for their at home students. Hugo thinks you can.
Today on the Show:
Lisa the Beauty Queen (The Simpsons) –https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Lisa_the_Beauty_Queen
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Father Less
The relationship with my father when he was alive was complicated. At the very end when we told him he was going to be a grandfather I think I spotted a sparkle in his eye that I interpreted as hope. Wish he was here today…so we could talk a while. Maybe I
Podcast: Galatian Reap – Hugo accounts for what he’s Planted
Hugo has been planting seeds…literally and figuratively. These actions eventually come to manifest and eventually lead for either a rich bounty or disastrous results. In this episode Hugo talks about being a mindful farmer and thinking about what you put in your ground/mind for you will eventually reap the results of it.
Today on the Show:
Galatians 6:7-9 NIV- “Brothers, if someone is caught in a sine, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, an in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load.
Anyone who receives instructions in the word must share all good things with this instructor.
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”
Hugelkultur (Hill Culture) Gardening: Self Sufficient Me https://youtu.be/3O2qCQU7Cac
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