education

Put those teenagers out to pasture

For some months now, I have been consumed with starting this little school, Saint Anthonys' Academy. It is a place I first conceived of...

Chasing the White Whale

When I was at university there was a professor, Dr. Curtsinger, who was obsessed with Moby Dick. I never took any classes with him, but...

3 reasons to visit the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Despite many trips to Washington DC, I had never been to the Smithsonian American Art Museum until this summer. It is not one of the...

top 10 audible listens for a family road trip

In our family, we listen to audiobooks constantly - in the car, playing legos, cooking, cleaning, getting ready to go to sleep. We have...

Not Arrested in Italy

In the fall of 1995, I traveled to Italy to study for the semester at the University of Dallas Rome campus, located just outside of Rome...

My favorite Russian Murderer

My husband and I have just finished a refreshing three-day class at the Dallas Institute discussing Gogol’s Dead Souls, Melville’s...

Where is that lacrosse team?

When I was a graduate student in literature, I came across two books that had a formative effect on my philosophy of education: John...