by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Observing the Process
Eyes Wide Open → Observing the Process || The Da Vinci Road The Joy of Learning There's a little girl in my neighborhood who is six years old. Her mother, whom I will call Jane, has carefully guarded the girl's childhood from the stress of early learning requirements....
by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Observing the Process
Eyes Wide Open → Observing the Process || The Da Vinci Road Hug Bug “All right, Seric and America, each of you climb up here on a stool. Here is your paper and the crayons and pencils. Okay. Now—”Seric (4) and America (3) were wriggling and trying to...
by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Observing the Process
Eyes Wide Open → Observing the Process || The Da Vinci Road Squeeze Box An autistic lady named Temple Grandin had a device built for herself that she referred to as her “Squeeze-Box.” She tells the story of visiting her aunt's ranch in Arizona where she...
by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Observing the Process
Eyes Wide Open → Observing the Process || The Da Vinci Road Touch Is Much “Do you know how many ribs you have?” My great-grandfather Papa Reed asked me as I stood by his recliner in the den.“No.” I said, suspiciously. Papa Reed was a...
by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Observing the Process
Eyes Wide Open → Observing the Process || The Da Vinci Road Isn’t There Any More? A loud, enthusiastically depressed sigh interrupted my work at the table where Sarah and I were discussing good stories versus bad stories while we cut up carrots for lunch. I...