Instead of living more of a “drawing room life” (as I’ve been calling time spent reading and talking and playing music — maybe cards, too) I’ve taken a turn towards the technological. This past weekend I attended the Bay to Ocean Writer’s Conference, a conference I’ve never been to before. It felt great to cross [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Neil Postman’
(Bay) Bridge to the 21st century
Posted in Mostly about writing, tagged Building a Bridge to the 18th Century, drawing room life, Neil Postman, writing on 29 February 2012 | 2 Comments »
Drawing room evenings
Posted in Mostly about parenting, Mostly about reading, tagged Building a Bridge to the 18th Century, Downton Abbey, drawing room life, George Eliot, how much TV the average American watches, Jane Austen, Neil Postman, parenting, PBS, reading, TV, twins on 25 February 2012 | 10 Comments »
I wish we had a piano. If we had a piano I feel like I could skip watching TV and have Jane-Austen, George-Eliot, Downton-Abbey kinds of evenings. My husband and I would sit around, listen to one of us play music, read books, play cards, gossip about our neighbors and relations, and take periodic turns [...]
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