(Article No. 2) Remarks on the influence of materialism. by Edward Eggleston “No farmer is more slave to his plow, than a gentleman following the clock of fashion”. — W.H. Auden, “The Rake’s Progress” … And so we express our “freedom”: by an increasing economic servitude. A few prefatory comments…
(Series explanation. An educational model excessively governed by business, science, and technology subjects is inadequate and unbalanced, despite the gloss of “modern progress”. The reduction (or even elimination) of humanistic studies deserves serious attention. The long term effects of such educational policies, carried out by various institutions, will be immense. In view of the scale…
Do you love to eat? Love checking out cookbooks? Enjoy trying new recipes? The Adult Department at the Homewood Public Library currently hosts a monthly recipe club. Every month a new theme will be chosen and each attendee will make a dish based on that month’s theme. Thus far, we have showcased everything from…
Fairy tale retellings are a mixed bag. Traditional fairy tales are pretty sparse on details, plot twists are sudden and unexplained, and the entire story is usually very short. The very vagueness of a fairy tale screams out for a retelling. What’s the character’s backstory? WHY did they do that inexplicable thing? How did the…
It’s all about the dress…
