Daily Archives: January 26, 2015

Welcome to Winnipeg, where Canada’s racism problem is at its worst..

Posted on January 26, 2015 by LiterateOWL

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/welcome-to-winnipeg-where-canadas-racism-problem-is-at-its-worst/ Thanks to my courageous and loving colleague for reminding me.  Clearly Winnipeg isn’t the only jurisdiction that deserves retribution.  We all need to look in the mirror! Complex answer obviously but why do we, after many global stories of racial … Continue reading →

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Essay on beauty – Sontag

Posted on January 26, 2015 by LiterateOWL

The perennial tendency to make of beauty itself a binary concept, to split it up into “inner” and “outer,” “higher” and “lower” beauty, is the usual way that judgments of the beautiful are colonized by moral judgments. Beauty is part … Continue reading →

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poem-voyageur

Posted on January 26, 2015 by LiterateOWL

Originally posted on Shawn L. Bird:
So you packed your canoe, left a good man, gave away that puppy, you’d given to those good boys, those sweet little boys, and rowed off to find yourself on a river of their tears. I hope…

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Igniting Inquiry with Think, Puzzle, and Explore

Posted on January 26, 2015 by LiterateOWL

Themes like sustainability are so powerful because they enable deeper thinking. Like any ‘big question’ topic, inquiry can be enriched. thanks

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Yup, it’s winter..

Posted on January 26, 2015 by LiterateOWL

___________ Schultz, Charles. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS. 12/09/1965. ABC / Peanuts Worldwide & United Media. TV. 01/28/2015.

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