June 2010
3 posts
May 2010
5 posts
April 2010
4 posts
“Books, books, books had found the secret of a garret-room
piled high with cases...”
– ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning ~
March 2010
5 posts
February 2010
4 posts
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
November 2009
3 posts
“Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.”
– Augustine Birrell, ~Obiter Dicta~ “Book Buying”
October 2009
7 posts
“Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing.”
– Cicero
September 2009
6 posts
“Education is not filling a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
– William Butler Yeats
Back to School Night
I met some really great parents tonight. Spoke a long time with the Millers. Talked the over the philosophy of AR. It was great to see such a wonderful turn out. I thought Mr. Saxton’s opening was right on the mark.
August 2009
7 posts
“Whenever someone says, “I’m not book smart, but I’m street...”
– George Smith, Aug 13 via Twitter
(This is going around the internet like crazy, but this is the earliest posting I could find for attribution)
Textbooks Done
“And hast thou slain the Jobberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy. ~ Lewis Carroll
I never knew that textbooks could be a jabborwock until today!
July 2009
2 posts
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
– Mason Cooley