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A week without reading!?

Written on: December 3rd, 2008 in Learning Journeys

Honoré here: Last Sunday I was reading  the latest  (Dec/Jan) issue of "Quilting Arts Magazine". Award-winning art quilter, Katie Pasquini Masopust was featured and when asked about her process, she replied: "I am very focused and work/play at my art daily." (p.31). Well, bells went off in my head. What a profound thought and immediately, […]


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The Google Story

Written on: November 26th, 2008 in Learning Journeys

Laura here: I spend most of my reading time on fiction; I’m drawn to the stories and characters that often reflect real-life learning and situations, but sometimes real-life stories can read like a fairy tale. That’s been my experience of The Google Story by David Vise and Mark Malseed. It’s the story of the Google […]


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Calling All Readers

Written on: November 14th, 2008 in Learning Journeys

Honoré here: Last Sunday's ( Sunday, Nov 9)  edition of the Washington Post's Book World caught my attention: "Calling All Kids – Book World invites young artists (ages 5-12) to submit their original, colorful works of art. The winning entry will be used as the cover of a forthcoming issue devoted to children's literature and the winner will […]


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3rd Annual Delaware Book Festival…

Written on: November 4th, 2008 in Learning Journeys

Honoré here: …and a good time was had by all . We had great weather throughout the day, a stellar cast of authors for all ages and we introduced the second edition of the journal! It is a tad bigger, a nice solid purple with orange as an accent color and the new graphic is […]


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Learning Date ~ Redux

Written on: October 28th, 2008 in Learning Journeys

Honoré here:  Today is day #3 of my learning conference. One of the prominent people joining me on this learning journey was Kevin Kelly, very notably of Wired magazine. Interviewed this morning, he was asked what he was most concerned about pertaining to his learning. His repsonse: forgetting what he's learned. His remedy: writing it […]


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Learning Dates

Written on: October 21st, 2008 in Learning Journeys

Honoré here: Julia Cameron, author of the Artist’s Way and many other books, always encourages writers – those who are and those who wannabe – to have a weekly "artist’s date" with themselves. The goal: take yourself to a museum, quiet place in your town or city, the library, anywhere you can take in the […]


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So Many Projects, So Little Time

Written on: October 13th, 2008 in Learning Journeys

Honoré here: Come the next Great Depression, thanks to my many learning paths, I’ve a myriad of projects – and the attendant supplies, tools, resources, etc – to keep me well occupied for easily several decades. All kidding – only half seriously – aside, this weekend I took inventory of my PiPs: projects in progress […]


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Mapping Our Thinking and Learning

Written on: October 7th, 2008 in Learning Journeys

Honoré here: One of the ideas Kathy, Annie and I have been toying with [in our learning journey project] is to develop some type of tool that visually documents – or maps – our learning journey. If you have attended one of our programs you may recall the cluster or mind-maps we created as we […]


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Almost…but not quite

Written on: September 29th, 2008 in Learning Journeys

Laura here: When you simply can’t get into what you thought would be a good book, what do you do? Do you try again later: different mood, different place or time? Do you give up and move on to the next book in your stack? And if so how far into the book do you […]


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Life is a verb

Written on: September 9th, 2008 in Learning Journeys

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