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Music is a Moral Law
1 minuteMusician Anika Paulson opened her TED talk “How I found myself through music” with the following quote: “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” — Plato We’ve found Plato’s words to ring true even today in our daily lives. There’s not much that […]
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Why Can’t Everyone Speak the Same Language?
1 minuteOur kids have fallen in love with listening to podcasts at bedtime. In fact, they’ve become an essential part of our evening routine. Bathe, brush your teeth, grab your blanky, and cuddle up with digital transmissions of audible education. Vermont Public Radio’s But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids is one at the top of […]
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Pins and Waxprints
1 minuteOut here one must get creative to de-stress. I literally got creative and picked up a hobby I had been interested in over many years. With all the African waxprint fabric at my disposal, sewing quickly became something into which I could immerse myself. I then realised there was a whole sewing community out there. […]
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Twas The Night Before Christmas (Linguists’ Version)
3 minutesTwas The Night Before Christmas (Linguists’ Version) by Dr. Dave Sayers https://www.academia.edu/9856733 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license) Twas the night before Christmas in the ivory tower, Not a creature was stirring at the midnight hour, Twas a problem for linguists who live to hear sounds, Consonants, vowels (open or round). We linguists were nestled all snug […]