April 13, 2011

Just how do we go about teaching wisdom without entering into presumption? That would seem to be the great dilemma of a form of education (namely, classical) that attempts to cultivate the virtues in students. Not being wise, though dreaming of it, I cannot do more than suggest a few ideas. But maybe these ideas […]

I’m standing in my back yard in April, in the cool of the evening, Having just mowed the lawn Carried the dog dirt to its chosen corner And, a little earlier, watered the garden, Though it is spring, Because I like broccoli and cabbage The suburban sun sets and I lounge Till the great black